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3. Danais (Tirumala) septentrionis, Butler. 



Danais septentrionis, Butler, Ent. Month. Mag., vol. xi, p. 163 (1874). 



New to the HongkoDg list ; I have an undoubted female from 

 there captured in March. The food-plant of the larva has never been 

 discovered. 



4. Danais (Anosia) eeippus menippe, Hiibner. 



Papilio erippus Cramer, Pap. Ex., vol. i, p. 4, pi. iii, figs. A, B, male (1775) ; 

 Anosia menippe, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett., p. 16, n. 86 (1816) ; Papilio plexippus 

 Cramer (?rec Linnaeus), Pap. Ex., vol. iii, p. 24, pi. ccvi, figs. E, F, female (1779); 

 Herbst, Pap,, vol. vii, p, 19, n. 8, pi. clvi, figs. 1, 2, male (1794). 



A pair of this species was taken at Hongkong on the 4th August, 

 1901. The larva feeds on plants of the Natural Order Asdepiadeas. 



5. Danais (Limnas) chrtsippds, Linnaeus. 



Papilio chrysippus, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ins., ed. x., vol. i, pt. 2, p. 471, n. 81 

 (1758) ; Limnas chrysippuSy Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 237, n. 1 ; Danais 

 (Limnas) chrysippus, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 446, n. 7 ; Limnas 

 hoivringi, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 239, n. 6; Fruhstorfer, Stet. Ent. 

 Zeit., vol. lix, p. 412 (1898); Limnas howringii [sic], Moore, Lep. Ind., vol.1, p. 41 

 (1890). 



Dr. F. Moore in 1893 recorded L. chrysippus from South China, 

 but described L. howringi as a new species from Hongkong, which also 

 is in South China. In 1890, he says that it is " doubtfully of racial 

 value." The larva of Limnas has three pairs of fleshy filaments ; in 

 Hongkong it has been reported to feed on Asclepias curassavica, Linn., 

 and in India it feeds on plants of the Natural Order Asclepiadese^ such 

 as Calotropis and Asclepias. 



6. Danais (Salatura) plexippus, Linnaeus. 



Papilio plexippus, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ins., ed. x, vol. i, pt. 2, p. 471, n. 80 

 (1758); Papilio genutia, Cramer, Pap. Ex., vol. iii, p. 23, pi. ccvi, figs. C, D, male 

 (1779); Salatura genutia, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 240, n. 1 ; Lep. 

 Ind., vol. i, p. 48 (1890) ; Danais {Salatura) genutia, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 

 1895, p. 445, n. 6. 



The larva of Salatura has three pairs of fleshy filaments, and in 

 India feeds on plants of the Natural Order Asclepiadese, such as 

 Cynanchum, Qeropegea and Passularia, in Ceylon on Baphis, Ceropegea 

 and Raphanus. 



7. * Danais (Parantica) melanoides, Moore. 



Parantica melanoides, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 847, n. 1 ; Danais 

 (Parantica) melanoides, Walker, Tran Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 445, n. 4. 



