4 CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



Genus 2. DANAIS, Latrcitte, 

 Enc. Meth. ix. p. 10 (1819). 



1. Danais Phsedon. 



Papilio (F.) Phsedon, Fabricius, " alls repandis atris : anticis 

 flavo punctatis, posticis fascia strigisque duabus punctatis flavis : 

 habitat in Isle de France." Boisduval, Faune Ent. de Madag. 

 pi. 3. fig. 3(1833). 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. suppl. p. 423. n. 184, 185 (1798). 



Mauritius. (Obtained 1845, from Herr J. J. Becker) B.M. 



2. Danais Egialea. 



Papilio (N. P.) Egialea, Cramer, " alis deutatis: anticis atris 

 maculis, posticis fuscis disco, albis : habitat in Asia, Africa." Pap. 

 Exot. ii. pi. 192. fig. D (1779). 



Papilio (F.) Damocles, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis : anticis atris, 

 posticis fuscis disco albis : habitat in Asia, Africa." 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 102. n. 449 (1781); Ent. Syst. p. 41. 

 n. 121 (1793). 



Sherboro Island, Sierra Leone. 



(Obtained 1867, from Mr. Salmon) B.M. 



The Damocles of authors must henceforth be regarded as West- 

 wood's species. 



3. Danais Niavius. 



Papilio (D. F.) Niavius, Linnaeus, " alis integerrimis, nigris : 

 anticis fascia alba, posticis macula communi baseos alba: habitat 

 in Sierra Leone." Clerck, Icon. pi. 32. fig. 2 (1764) ; Cramer, Pap. 

 Exot. ii. pi. 2. figs. F, G (1775). 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 480. n. 192 (1775). 



Niarius (sic), Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 52. n. 227 (1781). 



Niavices (sic), Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 25. n. 262 (1787) ; Ent. 

 Syst. iii. p. 40. n. 120 (1793). 



Sierra Leone. (Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan) B.M. 



There are two fair specimens of Niavius in the Banksian Collection. 



4. Danais Berenice. 



Papilio (D. F.) Erippus, Fabricius [Berenice, Cramer'], "alis 

 integerrimis obscure testaceis, margine nigro albo punctate : posti- 

 carum disco immaculato, subtus nigro venoso punctis albis : habitat 

 in China." Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 205. figs. E, F (1782). 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 27. n. 282 (1 787) ; Ent. St/st. iii. p. 49. 

 n. 152(1793). 



Georgia. (Probably from Mr. Abbot's Collection) B.M. 



5. Danais Gilippus. 



Papilio (D. F.) Gilippus, Cramer, " alis integerrimis coricolo- 



