CISTULA ENTOMOLOGICA, 



SIVE 



INSBCTOEUM NOVORUM DIAGNOSES. 



Descriptions of New Ehopalocera from the Collection of 

 Herbert Druce, Esq. By Arthur Gardiner 

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



I am much indebted to Mr. Druce for the'pleasure of 

 describing the following very beautiful species. I shall 

 figure them as soon as possible in my Lepidoptera Exotica. 



FAMILY NYMPHALIDiE. Westwood. 



SUB-FAMILY DANAIN^, Bates. 



GENUS DANAIS. LatreilU. 

 1. Danais Vashti, sp. nov. 



Alse supra obscurissimae, anticae albo-maculatse. 



Frontwings jet black ; a large patch on the disc divided 

 by the first median branch, two conspicuous spots placed 

 obliquely near the apex, three costal, two apical, and four 

 submarginal points, all semi-transparent white. 



Hindtoings pitchy, darker at the apical margin and paler 

 at the abdominal margin ; six or seven most minute 

 submarginal white points : lodij, thorax black white- 

 speckled, abdomen brown, paler at the sides : antennae 

 black. 



F7'ontwings below, brownish towards the apex, otherwise 

 as above. 



Hindwings pale fulvous, the apical and costal areas 

 clouded with brown ; the nervures and internervular folds 

 black ; several very minute submarginal points, fringe 

 white black varied ; hody, thorax black spotted with white, 

 abdomen pale whitish brown, antennae black : expands 

 4 inches, 4 lines. 



Inhabits Old Calabar. CoU. Druce. 



This handsome Danais belongs to the Damocles group. 



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CiSTULA ENTOMOLOGICA. 



October 15, 1869. 



