1883.] MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. 2.')7 



VONONA, n. g. 



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

 acute ; exterior margin oblique, nearly straight ; posterior margin 

 straight. Hind wing with somewhat prolonged anterior margin ; 

 exterior margin convex ; upper discocellular with a short spur or 

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

 fleshy filaments. 



Type V. goudotii. 



1. VoNONA GOUDOTII. 



Euploea goudotii, Boisduval, Faune Ent. Madagascar, Bourbon 

 et Mauritius, p. 36, pi. 3. f. 2 (1833) : Trimen, Rhop. Africae 

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



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



Hah. Bourbon {Boisduval) ; Madagascar (Brit. Mus. coll.). 



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

 ' Rhop. Africae austr.,' on the authority of a specimen from that 

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

 specimens iii that collection are labelled "Madagascar." 



2. VONONA EUPHON. 



Pajnlio eitphon, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 423 (1798) 



Euploea euphon, Butler, Catal. Fabr. Lep. B. M. p. 3. 



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



Euploea euphone, 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. 



Stictopiloea eupkon, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 303. 



Hab. Mauritius (Brit. Mus.). 



3. VoNONA DESJARDINSI. 



Danaida (Euplcea) desjardinsii, Guerin, Icon. Reg. Anim., Ins^ 

 texte p. 474 (1844), cJ. 



Hab. Rodriguez. 



The type specimen of this species is in the " Hewltson" collection 

 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; submedian with 

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

 obovate ; exterior margin sinuous. 



Type N. helcita. 



