1866.] mr. a. g. butler on the gents danais. 51 



31. Danais meganira. 



Danais meganira, Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 192. n. 51 (1819) ; Boisd. 

 Faune de l'Oce'anie, ix. p. 104. n. 3 (1832); Westw., Doubl. & 

 Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 92. n. 29 (1847); Blanch. Voy. au 

 Pole Sud, p. 387, pi. 2. f. 4. 



Hab. Java ; Ceram ; Philippine Islands. B.M. 



Var. Rich reddish brown on a greenish ochreous ground ; the 



nervures much more broadly bordered, and the spots consequently 

 smaller. 



Hab. Ceram. B.M. 



32. Danais melissa. 



Papilio melissa, Cramer, iv. pi. 377. f. C, D (1782); Herbst, 

 Pap. t. 125. f. 3, 4. 



Danais melissa, Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 192 ; F. Moore, Cat. Lep. 

 Mus. East Ind. Comp. p. 121. n. 236. 



Hab. Java ; North India. (Horsf. Coll.). 



33. Danais xanthippus.. 



Danais xanthippus, Felder, Wien. Ent. Monatsschr. iv. p. 100. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



34. Danais limniacce. 



Papilio limniacce, Cramer, i. pi. 59. f. C, D (1775). 



Danais limniacce, Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 191; Doubleday, List 

 Lep. Brit. Mus. pt. 1 . p. 49 ; Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. 

 Lepid. p. 93. n. 31 ; F. Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. East Ind. Comp. 

 p. 121. n. 235, pi. 4. f. 3, 3 a (metamorph.). 



Papilio similis, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 58. 



Euplcea hamata, M'Leay, King's Survey of Australia, ii. App. 

 p. 46 (1827). 



Hab. Java; North India ; Penang. B.M. 



Var. With all the markings much narrower ; abdomen with very 

 large yellow anal tuft. 



Hab. Borneo. B.M. 



35. Danais leonora, sp. n. (limniacce, var.?). 



Upperside — front wings black brown, with pale-greenish semi- 

 transparent spots, which differ from those of D. limniacce in being 

 broader and shorter ; no streak below the base of the submedian 

 nervure. Hind wings much smaller and rounder than those of D. 

 limniacce ; the cells much shorter ; rich olive-brown, with pale- 

 greenish semitransparent spots, which differ from those of D. lim- 

 niacce in being broader and shorter. 



Underside as above, excepting that the apical portion of the front 

 wing is of an olive-brown colour, and the interior margin reddish ; 

 the hind wing is also paler. 



Expanse of wings 3^ inches. 



Hab. Angola. B.M. 



