1866.] 



MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS DANAIS. 



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one, below the base of the first median branch, the largest ; three 

 elongate subcostal, three irregularly placed subapical, and five small 

 circular white apical submarginal spots. Hind wings, basal area pale 

 greenish, divided by the brown nervures into ten to eleven differently 

 formed portions ; outer margin broadly brown, with a submarginal 

 series of five to eight small white spots. Body brown ; head and 

 prothorax spotted with white ; abdomen pale brown. 



Underside — front wings, apex glossed with purplish ; inner margin 

 pale brown, several additional submarginal white dots ; otherwise as 

 above. Hind wings, outer margin glossed with purplish ; a double 

 series of submarginal spots ; inner margin ochreous ; otherwise as 

 above. 



Female. Wings rounded, shorter and broader than in male. 

 Colours the same. 



Expanse of wings 3-^ inches. 



Hab. New Guinea. B.M. 



Fig. 2. 



Danais purpurata. 



40. Danais fumata, sp. n. 



Upperside — front wings rich brown, with a long discoidal streak ; 

 a large patch below the median uervure, extending from the base to 

 the middle of the third median branch ; two spots between the first 

 and second median branches, one in the middle, and one at the base 

 of the nervules ; three submarginal spots, one below each of the 

 median branches ; an oblique baud from beyond the middle of the 

 costa to the middle of the third median branch, divided into five spots 

 by the nervures ; two minute spots near the end of the cell, below 

 the third median branch, and two small obliquely placed subapical 

 spots, pale-greenish white, semitransparent. Hind wings rich brown, 

 interior margin paler ; cell, a short streak above its termination, a 

 minute streak near the costa beyond the middle, a minute spot be- 

 yond the end of the cell, a subapical row of three small spots, and a 

 submarginal row of four minute dots pale greenish white, semitrans- 

 parent. Body brown. 



Underside — wings golden brown ; a patch of darker colour below 



