44 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS DANAIS. [Jan. 23, 



4. DANAIS DAMOCLES. 



Papilio damocles, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 41. n. 121 

 (1793) ; Pal. de Beauv. Ins. Afr. et Am.* Lep. p. 238, t. 6. f. 3a, 36 

 (1805). 



Danais damocles, Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 182. n. 23 (1819). 



Euplcea damocles, Doubl. List Lep. Brit. Mus. p. 49 (1844). 



Hab. Sierra Leone ; Ashanti ; Angola. B.M. 



Var. Front wings longer ; hind wings entirely brown. 



Hab. Gaboon. B.M. 



5. Danais hecate, sp. n. 



Euplcea mam<w, Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. pi. 1 1 . 

 f. 3 (1847). 



Differs from D. damocles in having the front wings longer and 

 narrower, no white spot at the anal angle, the subapical row of spots 

 further from the central band, and only the double central subapical 

 spot large ; the apical and costal spots are also much smaller ; the 

 hind wings shorter, more angular, more deeply sinuated along the 

 outer margin, and more completely suffused with brown ; the body 

 longer in proportion to the hind wings. 



Expanse of wings 3| inches. 



Hab. Ashanti. B.M. 



6. Danais ochlea. 



Danais ochlea, Boisd. App. Voy. de Deless. p. 589 ; Trimen, Rhop. 

 Afric. Austral, p. 85. n. 54. 



Hab. Port Natal. B.M. 



7. Danais niavius. 



Papilio niavius, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 700. n. 109(1707); Cramer, 

 t. 2. f. E, G (1775) ; Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. n. 120(1793). 



Amauris niavius, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 14 (18 10). 



Danais niavius, Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 182. n. 22 (1819) ; Westw., 

 Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 91. n. 4 (1847). 



Var. Papilio niavius, Palisot de Beauvois, Ins. Afr. et Am. Le'p. 

 p. 288, t. 6. f. \a, lb (1805). 



Hab. West Africa. B.M. 



Section 2. 



8. Danais Berenice. 



Papilio berenice, Cramer, pi. 205. f. E, F ( 1780). 



Danais berenice, Boisd. et Leconte, Icon. Lep. et Chen. Am. Sept. 

 t. 39 (1827); Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 91. 

 n. 6 (1847) ; Wiedemeyer, Cat. North Amer. Butterf. p. 13 (1804). 



Papilio erippus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1 . p. 49. n. 1 52 (1 793). 



Danais erippus, Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 180. n. 33 (1819). 



Anosia erippe, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 10 (1810). 



Papilio gilippus, Smith, Abb. Lep. Ins. of Georgia, i. t. 7 (1797). 



Hab. Georgia; Florida. B.M. 



