204 MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. [Apr. 17, 



Prom 18/0 to 1877 numerous collections, from various eastern 



countries, containing new species of Danainse were received at the 



British Museum. These were described by Mr. Butler as follows:— 



Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. v. p. 357, 1870. New species 



oi Euplcea and Danais from the South-Sea Islands. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. 1875, p. 2. Species from Australia of a n. g. 

 Calliplcea, 



Ditto, 1876, p. 240. Species from New Guinea. 



P. Z. S. 1876, p. 765. Species of Euploea and Calliplcea from 



New Guinea. 

 P. Z. S. 1877, p. 466. The same. 



P. Z. S. 1877, p. 810. Species of Salpinx from Formosa. 

 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx. 1877, p. 348. Euplcea 



from Lifu, Loyalty Islands. 

 In 1871 Mr. Kirby issued his ' Syn. Catal. of Diurnal Lepido- 

 ptera,' wherein the Danainse are all arranged under the genera 

 Eestia, Ideopsis, Danais, Euploea, and Hamadryas, which are 

 followed by the genera of Danaoid Heliconinse. 



Hoppfer (Stettin, ent. Zeit. 1874) described some new species of 

 Danainae from Celebes. 



Mr. Druce, in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873 & 1874, described some 

 Siamese and Bornean species. 



Mr. Salvin and Mr. Godman also received several very interesting 

 collections, contributing descriptions of the Danainae as follows : — 

 P. Z. S. 1877, p. 140. New Euplceas from Duke-of-York Island. 

 P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 643, 733. Danais and Evplcea from New 



Guinea, New Ireland, and New Britain. 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 1 55. The same. 

 P. Z. S. 1880, p. 183. A new Danais from E. Africa. 

 Kirsch, in Mitth. Mus. Dresden, i. (1877), contributes descrip- 

 tions and figures of several new species from Papua. 



In 1878 a memoir on the " Butterflies hitherto referred to the 

 genus Euploea" was published in the Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xiv. 

 pp. 290-303, by Mr. Butler. In this paper the species are arranged 

 under seven genera, three of which are new, the peculiar "sexual 

 mark," or scent-producing organ of the male insect, being taken, for 

 the first time, as the character for their separation. 



In the 'Biologia Centrali-Americana ' (1879) Messrs. Salvin and 

 Godman enumerate and describe the species of Danainae occurring 

 in that region. 



In part 1 of my ' Lepidoptera of Cej'lon,' published in 1880, are 

 described and figured the species inhabiting that island. In this 

 work these species are arranged under ten genera, seven of which 

 are new, the " sexual mark " being used as the primary character 

 for the genera. 



In 1882 (Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. x. p. 36) Mr. Butler con- 

 tributes additional descriptions of twelve new species of Danainae 

 from Duke-of-York Island and New Britain. 



In 1882 Mr. Distant published part 1 of his ' Rhopalocera 

 Malayana,' wherein are fully described and figured all the species 



