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13. Danais septentrionis, Butler, Ent. Month. Mag. 1874, p. 163 ; 

 M. % de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 48, pi. 6, fig. 8 tf $; Moore 

 (Tirumala), Zep. Ceyl. i, 1880, p. 5, pi. 1, fig. 2; id. (Tirumala), 

 Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 34, pi. 7, figs. 2, 2 a, J $ ; Davidson, 

 Bell, fy Aitken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. x, 1896, p. 240. 



6 2 • Closely resembles D. limniace, Cramer, but is always suffi- 

 ciently distinct to be easily recognized, even on the wing. From 

 D. limniace it differs on the upperside in the ground-colour being 

 darker and the semihyaline markings narrower, more distinct, 

 and of a bluer tint. In the fore wing, in interspace 1 the two 

 streaks are narrower, never coalescent, the upper one forming an 



oval detached spot ; the short 

 streaks above vein 5 are out- 

 wardly never truncate, always 

 acute. In the hind wing the 

 two streaks in the discoidal cell 

 united at base are wide apart 

 at their apices, the lower one 

 never formed into a hook. On 

 the underside D. septentrionis is 

 generally darker, the apex of the 

 fore wing and the whole of the 

 ground-colour of the hind wing 

 not being of the conspicuous 

 golden brown that they are in 

 D. limniace. 



Exp. 6 2 80-115 mm. (345- 

 4-55"). 



Hob. The Himalayas from Simla 



to Sikhim ; Orissa ; Southern 



India, Canara, Malabar, and the Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Assam ; 



throughout Burma and Tenasserim, extending to the Malayan 



Subregion. 



I have been unable to find any description of the larva, but 

 presume it is similar to that of D. limniace (see Jour. Bomb. 

 N. H. Soc. x, 1896, p. 240). It is said by Mackinnon and de 

 Niceville to feed on Vallaris dichotoma (Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. 

 xi, 1897, p. 212). 



Fig. 6. 

 Danais septentrionis, <$ , 



14. Danais gautama, Moore, A. M. N. H. (4) xx, 1877, p. 43 ; M. 8f 

 de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 45 ; Moore (Tirumala), Lep. Ind. 1890- 

 92, p. 33, pi. 7, figs. 1,1a, tf$. 



Race gautamoides. 

 Danais gautamoides, Doherty, J. A. S. B. 1886, pt. 2, p. 257 ; Moore 

 (Tirumala), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 33, pi. 6, figs. 2, 2 a, <$ $ . 



S $ . Upperside fuliginous black with semi-hyaline bluish- 

 white streaks and spots. Eore wing: a long narrow streak 

 generally extended to spot beyond and a short curved broader 

 upper streak in interspace 1 ; cell with two narrow streaks joined 



vol. i. c 



