DANAIS. 



Genus DANAIS. 



Danais, Latr. Illig. Mag. vi (1807), p. 291. 



Danaus, Latr. Gen. Crust, fy Ins. av, 1809, p. 201. 



Limnas, Hiibner, Tentamen, i, 1806 (no desc). 



Radena, Tirumala, Salatura, Paralitica, & Chittira, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. 



i, 1880, pp. 3, 4,5, 7, & 8., 

 Caduga & Bahora, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, pp. 235 & 245. 

 Badacara, Moore, Lep. 2nd. i, 1890-92, p. 63. 



Type, D. pUxvppus, Linn., from India. 



Range. Both hemispheres. 



3 2 • Tore wing triangular, costa widely arched, apex broadly 

 rounded ; termen below apex straight or slightly concave ; dorsum 

 straight ; discoidal cell long, well over half length of wing ; upper 

 discocellular short, inclined obliquely inwards, middle curved 

 inwards, lower curved outwards • rest of venation variable, veins 

 10 and 11 free, or 11 anastomosed with 12, or 10 out of 9 (as in 

 type of genus). Hind wing generally pear-shaped ; discoidal cell 

 more than half length of wing ; venation variable ; discocellulars 

 more or less in a line inclined obliquely outwards, or middle bent 

 in two at a right angle, or upper and middle in a line, lower bent 



1. — Sex-mark form 1 on hind 

 wing, and neuration : Danais 

 ckrgsippus. 



Fig. 2. — Sex-mark form 2 on hind 

 wing, and neuration : Danais 

 melanea. 



at an angle downwards ; vein 3 always from before apex of cell. 

 Antennae less than half length of fore wing ; club very gradual ; 

 palpi erect, short, barely reaching top of head, third joint short ; 

 eyes naked ; legs moderately long, scaled ; claws of intermediate 

 and posterior tarsi long, without paronychia or pulvilli. $ : 

 secondary sex-marks present or absent ; when present taking two 

 forms, consisting of (1) a small fold near base of vein 2 on hind 

 wing ; or (2) patches of peculiar scent-producing scales near apices 

 of veins 1 a, 1, and 2 on hind wing, with a thickening of A^eins 1 a 

 and 1 where they pass through the patch. 



