234 MK. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPL(EINA. [Apr. 1 7, 



Danaida^, Latreille, Hist. Nat. des Crust, et Ins. xiv. p. 108 

 (1805) ; Scudder, BuU. Buff. Soc. N. H. 1875, p. 245. 



Euplaa (part.), Fabricius, Tlliger's Mag. vi. p. 280 (1807). 



Danais, Latreille, lUiger's Mag. vi. p. 292 (1807) ; Strecker, 

 Butt. & Moths N. Amer. p. 105 (1878). 



Danaus (part.)^, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. p. 201 (1809) ; 

 id. Consid. Gen. Crust, et Ins. p. 352 (1810). 



Danaus, Scudder, Syst. Revis. Amer. Butt. p. 7, Peabody Acad, 

 of Sci. (1871). 



Fore wing lengthened, triangular ; apex prolonged ; exterior 

 margin very oblique ; cell long ; upper discocellular bent inward, 

 deeply concave and angled before reaching the lower radial, emitting 

 a short discoidal spur within the cell from the point ; lower disco- 

 cellular very oblique, submedian with a short lower basal veinlet. 

 Hind wing oval ; cell long : discocellulars long and very oblique. 

 Male with a small pouch or scent-producing organ close to lower 

 median vein, much less prominent than in Salatura (S. genutia). 

 Thorax and base of abdomen very hairy. Antennae with a well- 

 formed stout club at the tip. Palpi stout, densely hairy to the 

 tip. Middle and hind legs black. 



Larva (figured by Smith- Abbott) with two pairs of fleshy filaments. 



Type P. jilexippus (P. archipptts, Fabr.). 



1. Anosia plexippus. 



Papilio plexippusy Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 471 (1758) ; Mus. 

 Ulr. p. 262 (1764) ; Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 767 (1767) ; Cram. Pap. 

 Exot. iii. pi. 206. f. E, F, $(1779); Fabr. Eut. Syst. iii. p. 49 

 (1793) ; Herbst, Pap. pi. 156. f. 1, 2 ; De Beauvoir, Ins. Afr. et 

 Amer. p. 172, pi. 4. f. a, b ; Turton, Syst. of Ent. ii. p. 59 (1806). 



Danaida plexippus, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins. xiv. p. 108 

 (1805) ; Scudder, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Xat. Sci. 1875, p. 245. 



Euplcea plexippus, Fabricius, Illiger's Mag. vi. p. 280 (1807). 



Limnas ferrugineus 2)lexippvs, Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 

 Bd. i. pi. 20. f. 2 (1806). 



Danais plexippus, Latreille, Illigei's Mag. vi. p. 292 (1807); 

 Strecker, Lep. N. Amer. p. 105 (1878). 



Danaus plexij)pus, Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. p. 201 (1809) ; 

 id. Consid. Gen. C. et Ins. p. 353 (1810); Sav, Amer. Eut. iii. 

 pi. 54, <:J(1828); Peale, Lep. Amer. i. pi. 7 (1833); Scudder, 

 Syst. Rev. Amer. Butt. Peabody Acad. Sci. 1871, p. 7. 



[dea plexippus, Eschscholtz, Kotzeb. Reise, iii. p. 209, pi. 7. 

 f. 14, a, b (1821). 



Papilio erippus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. 3. f. A, B, (S (1775). 



Danais erippus. Semper, Mus. Godeffroy, xiv. Lep. p. 41 (1879). 



Papilio archippus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 49 (1793) ; Smith, 



' Preoccupied in botany. Also a plural uame, and tlierefore inadmissible. 



^ The name " Danaus " having been adopted in a generic sense by Esper, 

 Panzer, &c. for species of Pierina, previous to its adoption by Latreille in 1807, 

 the name " Danais " cannot be retained in this subfamily of Butterflies. (See 

 note to subfamily Ei^lxinm, p. 213, antk 



