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DANAIDA. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
vitreous patches in both sexes being a beautiful dark yellow, only the distal row of the submarginal 
patches and a part of the proximal row remain white, which is still more noticeable beneath than above. 
shelfordi. Nias, apparently rare. — Finally, shelfordi Fruhst. presents a reversion towards aspasia, having the cell of 
the forewing in the $ almost completely blackened, in the $ vitreous, and differing from all the aspasia- 
forms in the very small amount of yellow on the forewing, which is only present below the submedian. 
North and South Borneo. 
In the Moluccan subregion aspasia is replaced by D. cleona, which forms a similar series of insular 
forms as its Malayan relative. Wings somewhat more rounded, habitus in general larger, valve with 
thicker tip, more densely covered with bristles. Uncus shorter, consisting of 2 rounder and more cylindri- 
luciplena. cal parts, which likewise bear fine bristles. — luciplena subsp. nov., from Celebes, nowhere rare either in 
the north or the south of the island, is the darkest and most uniform yellow in colour and in it the $ 
eucleona. does not differ from the $ except for the more rounded wings. -—- eucleona Fruhst. (76 a) has somewhat 
more extended subapical streaks on the forewing and rather more pointed circumcellular areas on the hind¬ 
wing. 9 likewise similarly coloured to the <$, but lighter yellow (76 a $). The intraneural areas of the $ 
cleona. are almost confluent and on the hindwing are not pointed distally but broadly lobate. Obi. — cleona Cr., 
the first described race from the Southern Moluccas, bears a very small yellow oblong spot at the apex 
of the cell of the forewing. All the vitreous patches of the $ dull yellow, those of the $ light yellow, 
tiyrana. commonly with greenish sheen. Amboina, Ceram, Uliasser. •— tigrana subsp. nov. inhabits Halmaheira and 
Batjan. $ essentially darker than that of cleona, with narrower yellow spots. $ of deep lemon-vellow 
colour. Cell of the forewing less dusted with black, which is especially noticeable beneath, and larger 
lutcscens. yellow and white submarginal spots on the forewing. — lutescens Btlr. is distinguished by greenish yellow, 
dull vitreous spots, which in the $ assume a buff tone. The black marginal area of the hindwing more 
extended than in cleona, the ultracellular patches smaller and hence more isolated. Buru. — Finally, 
lucida. lucida Fruhst. (76 e) is the lightest extreme of the group; the vitreous spots of the $ yellowish green with 
the gloss of horn, whitish green in the $, which bears in addition a double row of pure white submarginal 
dots. Sula Mangoli, discovered by W. Doherty. 
On D. pumila (76 e) Moore has founded the untenable genus Phirclana. This charming species 
pumila. exclusively inhabits New Caledonia and the New Hebrides, where it is divided into two races: pumila Bdv., 
from New Caledonia, with entirely yellow diaphanous cell on the forewing, a large, very transparent discal 
area on both wings and fine yellow vein-stripes on the hindwing. Under surface of the hindwing with two 
rows of extremely small blue-white submarginal dots and a white crescent at the costal margin. Abdomen 
hebridesia. beneath white, laterally red-brown and dorsally black. — hebridesia Btlr. is the race from the New He¬ 
brides, described from Aneitum, which is unknown to me in nature. 
philo. D. philo Gr.-Sm. An isolated species, of which only one $ is known, which its author compares 
to phyle Fldr. from the Philippines, hut places in the Bavadebra- Group. Judging from the figure it is a 
distinct species of medium size, scheme of markings as in albata sulewattan Fruhst. (78 d), only paler, more 
yellowish instead of green, and with smaller spots. Sumbawa. 
D. vitrina, on which Moore based the ,,genus Ashtipa “, exclusively inhabits the Philippines, and 
is probably, except for a few Ideopsis, the most thinly scaled of the Danaids. Cell of the forewing vitre¬ 
ous, and also the rest of the upper surface of the wing, which is only narrowly margined with black. 
vitrina is divided into several not very sharply differentiated island races, of which, however, I have only 
vitrina two before me. — vitrina Fldr., not rare on Luzon, bears large white spots in the distal margin of the 
odrysia. forewing, and particularly in the $ beneath the hindwing has a white sheen. —- odrysia subsp. nov., with 
blue-white vitreous areas, narrower and more pointed ultracellular patches on the hindwing, which especi¬ 
ally beneath aie divided by broad black veins. Hindwing with blue-white sheen, submarginal dots very 
small. Island of Samar. 
D. schenki is a magnificent species, sexually dimorphic, distributed from Nerv Guinea to the Solo¬ 
mons and westwards to Wetter. Concerning its habits it is only known that the species is not rare and 
according to Kuhn flies in bamboo-thickets. But it doubtless replaces aspasia and cleona in the Papuan 
distrata, region, while wanting in Australia. — distrata subsp. nov. (76 d) is the most westerly race and especially 
in the $ is characterized by large, pure white and complete rows of submarginal dots, which are still more 
distinct on the under surface than above. Moreover, the whitish area in the cell of the forewing is more 
yloriola. developed than in more easterly forms of schenki. Wetter, Kisser. — gloriola Btlr. (described from Aru) 
I have not seen in nature, but according to Butler, it bears narrower whitish subapical streaks on the 
citrina. forewing than citrina Fldr., described from Key. The specimens I have received of this are smaller than 
periphas. distrata-gtf and bear beneath correspondingly reduced white submarginal dots. — periphas subsp. nov. is the 
race from the whole main island of New Guinea and the Louisiade Archipelago, whose $$ show no 
distinct black connecting streak along the upper median between the spot at the apex of the cell and the 
