122 Mr. A. G. Butler on a Collection of 



XII. — On a small Collection of Le2)idoptera from Cape York 

 and the South-east Coast ofNew Guinea. By ARTHUR G. 

 Butler, F.L.8., F.Z.S., &c. 



The following species were recently obtained by the British 

 ^iluseum from the Rev. J. S. MacFarlune. Several of them 

 are new to science ; and others have hitherto been poorly 

 represented in the collection. Excepting where New Guinea 

 is mentioned, the species arc from Cape York. 



Rhopalocera. 



Family Nymphalidae. 



Subfamily Danain.e, Bates. 



Genus Danais, Latreille. 



1. Danais arcJiippus. 

 Papilio archippiis, Fabricius, Eut. Syst. iii. 1, p. 49 (1793). 



2. Danais ajffinis. 

 Papilio affinis, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 511 (1775). 



Genus Euplcea, Fabricius. 



3. Euploea Angasti. 



JEuplcea Angasii, Felder, Reise der Nov., Lep. ii. p. 343 (" 1865 "). 

 \Ye have a long series of this species ; it only occurs in 

 Australia. 



4. Euploea Sylvester. 



Papilio Sylvester, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 41 (1793). 



Genus Calliplcea, Butler. 



5. CalUploea niveata. 



Calliplcea niveata, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 2 (1875), 



Genus Hamadryas, Boisduval. 



6. Hamadryas zoilus. 

 Papilio zoilus, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 480 (1775). 



Subfamily Sattein^e, Bates. 

 Genus Htpocysta, Westwood. 



7. Hypocysta adiante. 



Neonympha adiante, Hiibner, Zutr. ex. Schmett. figs. 545, 546 (1825). 



