1871.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA. /O 



incisor ; upper molars with two triangular prisms ; lower incisor 

 very elongated ; lower canine smallest tooth of mandible. Thirteen 

 to fifteen dorsal vertebrae ; five or six lumbar vertebrae ; large cervical 

 hypapophyses ; no lumbar hypapophysial ossicles ; well-marked hy- 

 perapophyses ; manubrium broad, but not keeled ; clavicle small and 

 slender, not joining humerus ; scapula short and broad ; a bifurca- 

 ting acromion process ; generally a supracondyloid foramen in 

 humerus ; radius and ulna distinct ; no sickle-shaped bone or os 

 intermedium in carpus ; ultimate phalanges not bifurcating ; pelvis 

 narrow, symphysis widely open ; femur with a third trochanter ; 

 tibia and fibula confluent below ; five digits to each extremity • no 

 caecum. ' 



Hab. The Old World, and North America. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE V. 



Fig. 1. Skeleton of Ericulus, slightly less than the natural size. 



2. Eight humerus, seen in front. 



3. Eight femur, seen in front. 



4. Eight carpus and metacarpus, twice the natural size: i, os interme- 



dium ; I, lunare ; r, radial sesamoid ossicle ; s, scaphoides. 



5. Eight tarsus and metatarsus, twice the natural size. 



6. Pelvis seen on its abdominal side, showing the separation of the pubic 



bones. ^ 



7. Four lumbar vertebra, once and a half the natural size : h, hyperapo- 



physis. " ' 



5. Descriptions of some new Species of Exotic Lepidopteni. 

 By Arthur Gardiner Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



[Eeceived January 11, 1871.] 



Genus-AMAURis, Hiibner. 

 Amauris inferna, n. sp. 



Front wings above as in A. egialea, but the two large central hya- 

 line patches wider apart, and the two central spots of the oblique 

 subapical series placed as in A. ccheria. Hind wings above and below 

 almost as in A. hecate, but the shape of A. damocles. Front wino-s 

 below with paler apical area ; three white points at centre of outer 

 margin. 



Expanse of wings 3 inches 6| lines. 



Hab. West Africa. Coll. W. W. Saunders. 



Genus Danais, Latreille. 

 Danais ino, n. sp. 



Front wings as in D. limniace, but with only three small spots in 

 the oblique series beyond the cell ; the interno-basal streaks united 

 m the middle. Hind wings almost as in D. choaspes ; no discoidal 

 black streak, but the basal patch between median and submedian 



