DANAIN^. 



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In flight the members of this genus have a very deliberate, floating 

 motion, and keep much about one spot. Unless they happen to be 

 sporting about some elevated branches beyond the collector's reach, 

 they are usually easy of capture. 



2. (i.) Amauris Echeria (Stoll). 



Papilio Echeria, Stoll, Suppl, Cram. Pap. Exot., pi. 29, IF. 2, 2b (1791). 

 Amauris Echeria, Hiibn., Verz. Bek. Schmett., p. 14, n. 68 (1826). 

 Danais Vaillantiana, Godt., Encyc. Meth., ix. p. 183, n. 25 (18 19). 

 Danais Echeria, Trim., Khop. Afr. Aust., i. p. 86, n. 55 (1862), and 



Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xxvi. t. 42, f- 3 [c^], (1869). 

 Var. A. Eiqjloea Echeria, Boisd., App. Voy. de Deleg. dans I'Afr, Aust., 



p. 589, n. 48 (1847)- 

 „ Danais Echeria, Trim., op. cit., p. 87 (1862), and Trans. Linn. 



See, loc. cit., t. 42, f. 7 ( $ ). 



Exp. al., 2 in. 9 lin. — 3 in. 2 lin. 



Deep velvety -black, with pale ochrcy-yellow and white spots. Fore- 

 wing : in discoidal cell, a little beyond its middle, a narrow, elongate, 

 irregularly shaped, oblique, yellow spot ; below cell, and in an oblique 

 line with the last-named spot (but a little beyond it), between second 

 and first median nervules, a conspicuous, oval, large spot, — the largest 

 on the wing ; at extremity of cell, but above sub-costal nervure, a small 

 yellow spot ; a little beyond, and in a line with it, close to costa, a 

 yellow dot is the first of a row of four spots, obliquely crossing apical 

 portion of wing to near hind-margin, of which the second and third 

 are the largest, and somewhat quadrate in form, and the fourth is near 

 hind-margin, immediately beneath third median nervule ; two small 

 white spots near apex, that nearest costa being often split into two by 

 the third subcostal nervule ; near hind-margin, a small yellow spot 

 beneath second median nervule, and anothel" similar spot below first 

 median nervule ; in some specimens, on hind-margin about middle, and 

 more rarely near apex, a few minute yellow or white dots ; fringe 

 narrow, white dotted. Hind-%ving : on costa, about middle, commences 

 a yellow band, which at first extends to extremity of discoidal cell, 

 whence it abruptly turns almost at right angles, and in a suddenly 

 much broadened form, to inner margin, of which it occupies the greater 

 portion, — it is divided into nine unequal portions by the nervures 

 crossing it; near hind-margin a row of yellow spots parallel to it, 

 varying from three to nine in number ; $ badge on submedian ner- 

 vure well marked, but smaller than in A. Ochlea. Under side. — 

 Very similar in marking, hut paler than upjjer side. Fore-wing : spots 

 close to costa, and near hind-margin, tvhite ; row of white dots along 

 hind-margin clearly defined and numerous, arranged in pairs between 

 nervules, — two pairs between first median nervule and submedian 

 nervure ; apical portion of wing tinted darh-broivn. Hind-iving : 

 glossed ivith hrotvn, particularly in hind-marginal portion ; two con- 



