1866.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS DANAIS. 57 



otherwise as above. Hind wings with a very irregular double series 

 of white submarginal spots ; inner margin and costa beyond the 

 middle pale ; otherwise as above. Body — thorax black, with white 

 spots at the base of the wings ; palpi white ; abdomen pale brown. 



Female. Wings the same shape as in D. oenone, $ . Differs from 

 the male in colouring as follows : — Upperside paler yellow. Front 

 wings brown ; subapical cross band with an irregular central oblique 

 downward branch terminating just below the second median nervule; 

 outer margin with a distinct series of white spots. Hind wings, an 

 indistinct submarginal series of minute white dots. 



Underside — front wings with large submarginal spots, and a par- 

 tially defined outer series of smaller spots. Hind wings, double series 

 of submarginal spots much more regular and complete. 



Male and female. Expanse of wings 2-f inches. 



Hah. Am Islands. B.M. 



Female. Var. Transparent white, yellow towards the base. Front 

 wings, subapical cross band wider, with more broadly extended 

 downward branch. Hind wings, series of submarginal spots more 

 distinct. 



Hub. Ke Island. B.M. 



53. Danais crocea, sp. n. (dorippa, Boisd. MS.). (PI. IV. 

 figs. 5, 6.) 



Allied to D. cleona, Cramer, from which it differs in having the 

 cell of front and the costa of hind wings unclouded ; the subapical 

 and submarginal spots more numerous, and white, not yellow ; an 

 additional yellow spot below the base of the third median nervule ; 

 the nervures not so broadly margined with brown, and the wings 

 more transparent. Underside the same as above. 



Expanse of wings, 6* , H~H inches ; $ , 2|~3^ inches. 



Hab. Java ; India ; Borneo. B.M. 



Note. — In some specimens the whole transparent portion of the 

 front wing is clear white, with a slight tinge of yellow at the base. 



54. Danais cleona. 



Papilio cleona, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. t. 377. f .' F (1782). 



Danais cleona, Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 190 ; Doubleday, List Lep. 

 Brit. Mus. pt. 1 . p. 50 ; Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. 

 Lepid. p. 92. n. 27 ; Blanch. Voy. au Pole Sud, p. 386, pi. 2. f. 3 ; 

 F. Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. East Ind. Comp. p. 123. n. 241. 



Var. Euplcea philomela, Zinken-Sommer in Nova Acta Acad. 

 Curios, xv. 1. 16. f. 17 (1831). 



Hab. Java ; North India ; Borneo ; Moluccas. B.M. 



Female. Var. Wings larger and broader ; the cell of hind wings 

 rather longer ; cell of front wing nearly clear yellow, scarcely showing 

 the central brown blotch. 



Expanse of wings 2 T \ r inches. 



Hab. Ternate. B.M. 



