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the true Heliconidse, he groups those genera separated by Mr. Bates 

 as Danaoid Helicouinse, as well as the genera Hamadryas, Euplcea, 

 and Hestia, restricting the Danaina to the genus Banais only. 



In January 1866 Mr. Butler (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, pp. 43-.79) 

 published his " Monograph of the Genus Da?iais." This monograph, 

 which is a revision of the species known to the author at that 

 time, is also accompanied with descriptions and figures of new species 

 contained in the British- Museum collection. All the species are 

 here arranged under Banais, which is divided into four uncharacte- 

 rized numerical sections, as follows : — 1st. Section, comprising the 

 Amauris group ; 2nd section, the American species berenice, 

 gilippus, &c., chrysippus, plexippus {genutia), and allies; 3rd 

 section, similis, limniace, nglea, melaneus, cleona, &c. ; 4th sec- 

 tion, gaura and daos. 



This monograph was followed in March by a Supplement (P. Z. S. 



1866, pp. 171-1/5) enumerating and describing other species, cha- 

 racters being added (founded chiefly upon the colour and pattern) 

 to the four sections as given above. 



In May of the same year Mr. Butler published (P. Z.S. 1866, 

 pp. 268-302) a " Monograph of the genus Euplaa,^' containing also 

 descriptions and figures of new species in the British-Museum col- 

 lection. The species are here arranged under Euploea, which is 

 broken up into ten divisions, characterized by their colour, form, and 

 pattern of markings. 



In the following year Mr. Butler also published (Traus. Ent. Soc. 



1867, pp. 467-484) a " Monograph of the genus Hestia" containing 

 descriptions of new species, and also a tabular resume of all the 

 species of family Danaidae then described. 



Dr. Felder, in the ' Reise der Novara,' Lepidoptera, part ii., 

 describes and figures a number of species of Danainae. As the date 

 of publication of this part of the ' Reise der Novara ' has been much 

 discussed by Lepidopterists, the following remarks may not here 

 be out of place. 



Of part ii. of this work, though it bears the date of 186.5 upon the 

 title-page, the actual issue by the publishers appears not to have been 

 effected till the beginning of 1867. There is no entry of it in tlie 

 'Zoological Record 'for 1865. In the ' Record ' for 1866 (pub- 

 lished in 1867), the compiler of the list of works on Lepidoptera 

 states (p. 433) that "this part was not procurable in 1866, and 

 thnt he had been informed that an application for it made in 

 February 1867 was unsuccessful." This is surely sufficient to show 

 that Part ii, was not issued for sale, and therefore not published, at 

 the date specified on its title-page. The date there so given may be 

 that of the completion and lettering of the last plates (pi. 47 bearing 

 that of Oct. 1865), which possibly may be considered as being 

 equivalent to our mode of publication. 



In 1869 was pubhshed the British-Museum " Catalogue of Diur- 

 nal Lepidoptera described by Fabricins," compiled by Mr. Butler, 

 \x\ which the species of Danainte are enumerated, accompanied by 

 the original Fabrician descriptions. 



