20 XTHPHALIDJE. 



Hob. Confined apparently to the Andaiuans and Nicobars. A 

 very distinctly marked insular form allied to aglea. I have seen 

 no varieties intermediate between the two. 



17. Danais aspasia (PL I, fig. 3), Fair. (Papilio) Mant. Ins. ii, 1787, 



p. 15. 



Danais crocea, Butler, P. Z. S. 1868, p. -57, pi. 4, fig. 5 ; M. $ de JV. 

 Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 37, pi. 5, fig. 6; Moore (Bahora), Lep. Ind. 

 i, 1890-92, p. 52, pi. 12, figs. 1, 1 a, tf ? . 



6 2 • Closely resembles both D. melanoleuca, Moore, and 

 D. melanoides, Moore. In size and in shape of wings it is like the 

 former, but vein 11 in fore wing is never anastomosed with vein 12 ; 

 in the shape and position of the hyaline bluish-white markings 

 it is like the latter. It differs from both as follows : — fore wing : 

 hyaline marks in interspace 1 ; hind wing : interspaces 1 a, 1 &, 1, 

 the discoidal cell, and the markings at the bases of interspaces 

 2-7 suffused more or less deeply with bright chrome-yellow. 

 The outer border beyond the basal markings in the interspaces of 

 the hind wing broader than in either D. melanoleuca or D. melanoides, 

 showing more of the black ground-colour. 



Exp. <$ 2 62-84 mm. (2-44-3-3"). 



Bab. Nepal ? Assam? (Brit. Mus. Coll.) ; Arrakan, South Tenas- 

 serim, extending to Malacca, Nias Island, and Sumatra. 



I have compared the type of D. crocea, Butler, with the types 

 of Papilio aspasia, Eabr., in the Banksian collection in the British 

 Museum. They do not seem to me separable even as varieties. 



D. philomela, Zinken-Sommer, from Java, differs in the greater 

 extent of the yellow in the fore wing. 



18. Danais agleoides, Felder, Wien. ent. Monatsch. iv, 1860, p. 398 ; 



M. $ de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 41 ; Moore (Paralitica), Lep. 

 Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 58, pi. 14, figs. 1, 1 «, 1 b, tf $ . 



S 2 • I^ike D. aglea, but differs structurally in vein 11 of fore 

 wing not being anastomosed with 12 ; the semihyaline streaks and 

 spots on both fore and hind wing are shorter and narrower, 

 especially on the latter, where a larger area of black margin beyond 

 the streaks is shown than in D. aglea ; the short slender streak 

 between the apices of the two cellular streaks on the hind wing is 

 longer and always free, never joined on either to the upper or 

 to the lower streak. On the underside the ground-colour is of a 

 browner tint than in D. aglea. Male sex-mark in form 2. 



Exp. 3 2 76-80 mm. (2-95-3-1"). 



Hah. Burma, Tenasserim, extending through the Malayan Sub- 

 region to Java. 



19. Danais nilgiriensis, Moore, A. M. N. H. (4) xx, 1877, p. 44 ; M. $ 



deN.Butt. Ind, i, 1882, p. 43, pi. 6, fig. 9 tf ; Moore (Badacara), 

 Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 65, pi. 16, figs. 1, 1 a, 1 b, 6 2 • 



<$ 2 - Upper side fuliginous black with bluish -white markings 



