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EUPLCEA LIMNIACE. 

 PLATE IX. Fig. 1. 



Danais Limniace, Godart. — Pap. Limniace, Cramer, PI. 59, 

 fig. D, E Pap. Similis, Fabr. 



Expands nearly four inches ; surface of the wings 

 deep black, entirely covered with stripes and spots of 

 shining light green, more or less mixed with white : 

 towards the base of the wings the green colour is 

 arranged in longitudinal stripes, externally in rounded 

 spots, becoming smaller at the hinder margin where 

 they form a regular row. The design on the under 

 side is similar, but the ground colour of the under 

 wings and a large space at the apex of the upper 

 are pale brown, and the green marks are usually 

 pale ; the sinuosities fringed with white, the projec- 

 tions on the margin of the hinder wings forming a 

 pretty acute angle ; thorax and breast black, with 

 numerous white points ; abdomen yellowish be- 

 neath. 



Rather extensively distributed over the eastern 

 countries of Asia, and the adjacent islands. 



