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out an apical spot, with several additional submarginal dots near the 

 apex; otherwise as above. Hind wings clouded with brown towards 

 the base ; a complete double series of white submarginal spots along 

 the hind margin, and a white spot beyond the middle of the costa. 



Expanse of wings 3y\ inches. 



Hah. Dory. B.M. 



Danais pullata. 



22. Danais affinis. 



Papilio affinis, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. hi. pt. 1. p. 58. n. 18.1. 



Danais affinis, Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 182. n. 21 (181!)); Westw., 

 Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 92. n. 20 (1847); Blanch. 

 Voy. au Pole Sud, p. 389 (Insectes), pi. 2. f. 7. 



Danais cecilia, Bougainville, Voy. de la Corvette Thetis, t. 44. 

 f. 3, 3 bis (1837). 



Hab. Amboyna ; Borneo. B.M. 



23. Danais fulgurata, sp. n. (PI. IV. fig. 1). 



Upperside dark brown ; an elongate streak near the inner margin 

 of front wings and five streaks between the nervures in the centre of 

 hind wings ferruginous. Front wings with white markings of apical 

 half as in D. philene ; a large elongate white spot in the centre of 

 the ferruginous streak. Hind wings with a white irregular band 

 across the cell, running nearly parallel to the costa, and divided into 

 five portions by the nervures ; towards the abdominal margin dusky ; 

 inner margin pale brown, with a marginal row of small white spots ; 

 cilia white. Body — thorax brown ; head and prothorax speckled 

 with white ; abdomen pale brown. 



Underside — front wings, basal half pale ferruginous, inclining to 

 brown towards the costa ; apical half brown, an irregular white blotch 

 below the base of the first median nervule ; several additional sub- 

 marginal spots ; otherwise as above. Hind wings ferruginous ; ner- 

 vures black ; three small white spots at the base, close to the body ; 

 a white spot below the base, and another below the apex of the costal 

 nervure ; outer margin dusky ferruginous, a complete double series 



