44 Mr. F, Moore on Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera. 



Danais nilgiriensis. 



Fuliginous black : fore wing with a bluish-white striated 

 streak within the cell ; three subapical costal spots, below 

 which are two narrow streaks, the lower elongated ; five spots 

 within the disk; an elongated, black-centred, triangular streak 

 between lower median and submedian veins ; a submarginal 

 series of seven spots, the lower, second, and third with a den- 

 tate point outward ; a short marginal row of small dots from 

 posterior angle : hind wing with a bluish-white, narrow, fusi- 

 form streak within the cell ; five contiguous small narrow 

 spots outside the cell ; three long narrow abdominal streaks ; 

 a submarginal series of spots, the upper two largest, the third 

 dentate, the others small ; a marginal row of smaller spots. 

 Head, thorax, and legs black, spotted and streaked with white. 

 Abdomen blackish above, grey beneath. Underside paler, 

 markings as above. 



Exp. 3f inches. 



Hab. Coonoor, Nilgiris [Dr. Day). In coll. F. Moore. 



Euploea coreoides. 



Male a,nd female dark velvety olive-brown, palest externally. 

 Male. Upperside — fore wing with a prominent submarginal and 

 marginal series of small white spots 5 two elongated silky 

 impressed marks between lower median and submedian veins: 

 hind wing with broader series of white oval and rounded sub- 

 marginal and smaller rounded marginal spots. Underside 

 paler ; marginal spots as above ; both wings with small white 

 spot at end of the cell and contiguous series beyond. 



Female with marginal spots as in male, the submarginal 

 series on both wings above and the discal series on fore wing- 

 beneath being larger. 



Exp. S 3|, ? 3f inches. 



Hah. Malabar (Nilgiris and Wynaad). In coll. F. Moore. 



Has much the appearance of E. core, figured by Cramer 

 (which is also found in the same locality), but may be distin- 

 guished from that species by the two elongated silky impressed 

 marks in the male, the male of E. core having but a single 

 short narrow mark. 



Euploea lankqna. 



Male. Upperside dark velvety olive-brown, -palest exter- 

 nally : fore wing with a submarginal and marginal row of 

 very small .indistinct whitish spots ; two elongated silky im- 

 pressed marks between the lower median and submedian 

 veins : hind wing with a submarginal and marginal row of. 



