1883.] MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. 257 



Von ON A, n. g. 



Male. Fore wing triangular ; costal margin arched, apex very 

 acute ; exterior margin oblique, nearly straight ; jiosterior margin 

 straight. Hind wing with somewhat prolonged anterior margin ; 

 exterior margin convex ; upper discocellular with a short spur or 

 discoitial veinlet emitted within the cell. Larva with four pairs of 

 fleshy filaments. 



Type V. rjoudotii. 



1. VONONA GOUDOTIT. 



Euploea goudotii, Boisduval, Faune Ent. Madagascar, Bourbon 

 et Mauritius, p. 36, pi. 3. f. 2 (1833); Trimen, Ehop. Africcc 

 austr. p. 83 ; Guenee, Lep. Maillard's Reunion, p. 8 (1867). 



Crastia goudotii, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 298. 



Hab. Bourhon (Boisduval) ; Madagascar (Brit. JIns. coll.). 



The habitat " Zulu, S. Africa," cited by Mr. Trimen in his 

 • Rhop. Africse austr.,' on the authority of a specimen from tbat 

 locality being in the British-Museum collection, is an error. The 

 specimens iu that collection are labelled " Madagascar." 



2. VoNONA EUPHON. 



Pa])ilio eu])hon, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 423 (1/98) 



Eiiplcea eiqjhon, Butler, Catal. Fabr. Lep. B. AL p. 3. 



Danais euphone, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 181. 



Euploea euplione, Boisduval, Faune Ent. Madag. Bourb. et Maurit. 

 p. 36, pi. 3. f. 1 (1833) ; Lucas, Hist. Nat. Anim. Art. iii. p. 434, 

 pi. 9. f. 1. 



Stictoplcea evphon, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 303. 



Hah. Mauritius (Brit. Mus.). 



3. VoNONA DESJARDINSI. 



Danaida (Euploea) desjardhisii, Guerin, Icon. Reg. Anim., Ins- 

 texte p. 474 (1844), cJ. 



Hab. Rodriguez. 



The type specimen of this species is in the " Hewitson" collectiou 

 at the British Museum. It is similar to V. euphone, smaller, and of 

 a uniform cupreous-brown colour, the markings on the fore wing 

 smaller and much less prominent, the band on the hind wing less 

 distinct and narrow, being only half the width, the marginal spots 

 nearly obsolete. Expanse 2| inches. 



NiPARA, n. g. 



Male. Fore wing inangurar, costal margin arched, exterior margin 

 truncated at the apex, angularly excavated in the middle and waved 

 hindward ; posterior margin straight ; upper discocellular with a short 

 spur emitted within the cell, above the lower radial ; siibmedian with 

 a short slender veinlet emitted from below near the base. Hind wing 

 obovate ; exterior margin sinuous. 



Type N. helcita. 



