EUPLCEIN^. 5 



three discal spots above whicli are three or five narrow spots obliquely from the 

 costa, a submarginal irregular series of small spots and a marginal row of smaller 

 spots : hindwing with basal narrow duplex streaks between the veins, a discal series of 

 spots and lower slender streaks, an irregular submarginal and marginal series of small 

 spots. Male with a prominent scent-pouch between the lower median and submedian 

 veins. Head, thorax, and palpi white spotted, a dorsal streak on thorax and femora 

 beneath white; abdomen brown above, ochreous and white beneath. Underside 

 golden-brown, basal area of forewing blackish ; markings as above ; protruding 

 pouch black edged. 



Expanse 2f to 3| inches. 



Larva yellowish-white or yellowish-green, with a pair of long fleshy filaments on 

 third and a short pair on twelfth segment, the filaments black and greenish-white, 

 longitudinally lined with black points ; each segment with transverse black bars, one 

 on each thicker which bifurcates near the lateral line, a narrower bar at anterior edge 

 and two also narrower at posterior part of the segment ; lateral band yellow ; head 

 and feet ringed with black. Pupa green, somewhat cylindrical, constricted below the 

 thorax, with golden scattered dots and beaded ring. Feeds on Asclepias. 



" Taken at Colombo in open or partially cultivated ground. Most common from 

 October to December, occasionally at other times. Flight slow and heavy; often 

 seen in crowds on low shrubs in company with T. septentrionis " (Hutchison). Kandy 

 (Wade). 



TIRTJMALA SEPTENTEIONIS (Plate 1, Fig. 2). 



Danais septentrionis, Butler, Entomologist's Monthly Mag. xi. p. 163 (1874). 



Male and female. Upperside brownish-black; markings of both wings similar 

 to those in B. Limniacce. but the streaks more slender and the spots smaller. Male 

 with a similar scent-pouch situated in the same position. Discal area of hindwing 

 beneath suffused with black. 



Expanse '2| to 3f inches. 



" Taken at Colombo and occasionally near Newera Eliya in open or partially 

 cultivated ground. Most common from October to December. Slow heavy flight. 

 Often found in crowds on low shrubs in company with T. Limniacw" {Hutchison). 



Genus SALATURA. 



Uuplwa (part), Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 15. 

 Danais (part), Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 10, 172. 



Forewing lengthened, triangular, costa slightly arched, apex more or less 

 rounded, exterior margin waved, oblique, slightly convex in the middle, posterior 

 margin slightly recurved, costal vein extending to two-thirds the length, first sub- 



