10 NYMPH ALIDJE. 



6 4 . Discoidal cell of hind wing- 

 entirely bluish white, enclos- 

 ing a longitudinal bifid black 



line Race melanoides, p. 19. 



b 3 . Basal spot in interspace 3 of fore 

 wing small, triangular, not one- 

 quarter the size of basal spot in 



interspace 2 D. melanoleuca, p. 19. 



b 2 . Vein 11 in fore wing not anas- 

 tomosed with vein 12. tf with 

 sex- marks on hind wing. 

 a 3 . Subhyaline streaks in discoidal 

 cell and in interspaces 1 a, 1 b 

 and 1 of hind wing suffused with 



bright canary-yellow D. aspasia, p. 20. 



b s . Subhyaline streaks in discoidal 

 cell and in interspaces la, lb 

 and 1 of hind wing absent, or 

 when present white or bluish 

 white. 

 a 4 . Two streaks from base in dis- 

 coidal cell of hind wing B. agleoides, p. 20. 



6 4 . A single streak from base in 

 discoidal cell of hind wing. 

 d°. Subhyaline streaks in inter- 

 spaces 1, 1 a and 1 of hind 



wing present B. nilgiriensis, p. 21. 



b 5 . Subhyaline streaks in inter- 

 spaces 1, la and 1 of hind 

 wing absent B.fumata, p. 21. 



0. Danais plexippus, Linn. (Papilio) Si/st. Nat. x, 1758, p. 471 ; 

 Kit-by, Syn. Cat. B. Lep. 1871, p. 5. 



Papilio genutia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii, 1779, p. 23, r>l. 206, figs. 0, D ; 

 Moore (Salatura), Lep. Ceyl. i, 1880, p. 6, pi. 4, tigs. 2, 2 a ; M. $ 

 de N. (Danais) Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 52 ; Moore (Salatura), Lep. Ind. 

 i, 1890-92, p. 45, pi. 10, figs. 1,1a larva, 1 b, 1 c, S 2 • 



Danais nipalensis, Moore, A. M. N. H. (4) xx, 1877, p. 43 ; id. (Sala- 

 tura) Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 48, pi. 10, figs. 2, 2 a, <$. 



S 2 • Uppersicle : fore wing — costal and dorsal margins and 

 apical half of wing black, the greater portion of interspaces 1 and 

 2, a spot at base of interspace 3 and cell tawny; veins with 

 broad black margins ; three white postdiscal spots followed by 

 an oblique preapical white bar crossed by the veins ; an irregular 

 subterminal and terminal series of white spots. Hind wing 

 tawny, the veins broadly bordered with black ; terminal margin 

 black, bearing two more or less complete rows of white spots. 

 Underside similar ; apex of fore wing dusky brown ; ground-colour 

 of hind wing paler than on the upperside, the white spots on both 

 fore and hind wing distinct. Antennae black ; head and thorax 

 black spotted with white ; abdomen dusky tawny, with white 

 markings beneath. Male sex-mark in form 1. 



Exp. 6 $ 72-100 mm. (2-82-2-92"). 



Hob. Spread generally throughout our limits, extending to Siara, 

 China, and the Malay Peninsula. 



