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EUPLCEA LIMNIACE. 
PLATE IX. Fig. 1. 
Danais Limniace, Godart Pap. Limniaee, Cramer, PI. £9, 
fig. D, E. — Pap. Similis, Fair. 
Expands nearly four inches ; surface of the wings 
deep black, entirely covered with stripes and spots of 
shining light green, more or less mixed with white : 
towards the base of the wings the green colour is 
arranged in longitudinal stripes, externally in rounded 
spots, becoming smaller at the hinder margin where 
they form a regular row. The design on the under 
side is similar, but the ground colour of the under 
wings and a large space at the apex of the upper 
are pale brown, and the green marks are usually 
pale ; the sinuosities fringed with white, the projec- 
tions on the margin of the hinder wings forming a 
pretty acute angle ; thorax and breast black, with 
numerous white points ; abdomen yellowish be- 
neath. 
Eather extensively distributed over the eastern 
countries of Asia, and the adjacent islands. 
