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3. Danais chrysippus, Linn. 



A common and widely distributed insect, being found as far north 

 as South-eastern Europe, and also over a great part of Tropical Asia. 



4. Danais ph^edone, Fabricius. 



This has hitherto been recorded only as inhabiting the Island of 

 Mauritius. There is one example in the collection. 



5. EuPLCEA EUPHONE, Boisd. Faune Ent. de M adag. p. 36, pi. 3. 

 f. 1. 



Inhabits also Mauritius. 



6. AcrjEA lycia, Godart. 



An apparently common African insect, ranging from Sierra Leone 

 to Natal. 



7. Atella phalanta, Drury. 



This species, which appears to be common in Madagascar, is one 

 of the most widely distributed of insects, being found in all the 

 warmer parts of Africa, as well as in Southern and Eastern Asia and 

 the western islands of the Indian archipelago. 



8. Hypanis anvatara, Boisd. Faune Ent. de Madag. p. 56, 

 pi. 7. f. 5. 



This can scarcely be considered anything more than a local variety 

 of H. polynice of Tropical Africa, its difference from that species 

 being very slight. As a local variety or race, however, it is peculiar 

 to Madagascar. 



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9. JuNONiA RHADAMA, Boisd. Fauuc Ent. de Madag. p. 44, 

 pi. 7. f. 2. 



One of the most beautiful of the Madagascar Diurnal Lepidoptera, 

 and formerly thought to be peculiar to the island ; but it has since 

 been found by Dr. Peters in Mozambique. The genus occurs in all 

 quarters of the world except Europe, and is richly represented in 

 Eastern and Southern Africa. 



10. Diadema bolina, Linn. 



There is one example of this common and widely distributed tro- 

 pical insect in the collection. The species is said to occur at Cay- 

 enne, although the genus is otherwise unknown in the New World. 

 If it really has been found there, it must have been accidentally in- 

 troduced ; for during my travels in the adjoining region of the Ama- 

 zons I saw no trace of it ; and it has never been found in the nume- 

 rous collections received from other countries of Tropical America. 



11. Neptis kikideli, Boisd. Faune Ent. de Madag. p. 50. 



A species peculiar, as far as at present recorded, to Madagascar. 

 The genus occurs, in numerous species, in all the warmer parts of 

 the old continent. 



