RHOPALOCERA. 

 Family Nymphalidae. 

 Sub-family Danainae. 



1. Danais (Tirumala) limniacae, Cramer. 



Danais (Tirumala) limniacae, Kershaw, Butt. Hongkong, 

 pl- i, f-3 $> 3 a $>P-8, {1907). 



Collection number 2. One male specimen, Tainan, July. 

 Kershaw remarks that "Tirumala scptentrionis, Butler, is apt to be 

 confused with T. limniacae, though scptentrionis is usually larger and the 

 bluish markings much deeper in tint. The spots and markings in 

 scptentrionis are smaller and narrower, giving a larger expanse of black, 

 but they are identical in number and approximately in the same position as 

 in T. limniacae ." This species is not mentioned by either Matsumura or 

 Miyake in their lists of Formosan Rhopalocera. The figure given by 

 Miyake in the Tokyo Zoological Magazine as female Danais sep- 

 tcntionolis, Butler, (Vol. XVIII, March, 1906, plate II, fig. 10, p. 82), 

 (= ? D. scptentrionis, Butler), agrees exactly with the figure given by 

 Kershaw as that of female limniacae. My specimen is identified from 

 Kershaw's figure. Leech includes Danais limniacae, Butler, (nec 

 Cramer), as a synonym of D. scptentrionis, Butler. 



Distribution. India ; Ceylon ; Malay Peninsula ; Western China ; 

 Hongkong ; Formosa. 



This , species is very common at Kanshirei in April and May. Scarce 

 at Tainan. 



2. Anosia (Danais) archippus, Fabricius. 



Danais {Anosia) archippus, Kershazv, Butt. Hongkong, 

 pi. i,f.7g,p. 9, {1907). 



Collection number 4. One male and one female specimen, Tainan, 



May. 



