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Show 224 MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. [Apr. 17, Danais (Radena) vulgaris, Marshall & de Nice'ville, Butt, of India &c. p. 32, fig. cf 2 (1882). Euplcea similis, Zinken-Sommer, Nova Acta Acad. Cur. 1831, p. 175. Hab. British Burmah (Tenasserim) ; Malay peninsula (Proy. Wellesley, Malacca) ; Penang; Sumatra ; Java (Horsfield) ; Billiton ; Borneo (Sarawak, Banjermassen). 4. RADENA NICOBARICA. Danais similis, var. nicobarica, Wood-Mason, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1881, p. 225, 1882, p. 14. Danais (Radena) nicobarica, Marshall & de Niceville, Butt, of India &c. p. 34, fig. $ . Hab. Great Nicobars. 5. RADENA EXPROMPTA. Danais exprompta, Butler, Entom. Monthly Mag. xi. p. 164 (1874). Radena. exprompta, Moore, Lep. of Ceylon, i. p. 4, pl. 2. f. 1 (1880). Danais (Radena) exprompta, Marshall & de Niceville, Butt, of India &c. p. 33 (1882). Hab. Ceylon. 6. RADENA JUVENTA. (Plate XXIX. fig. 1, cf-) Papilio juventa, Cramer, Pap. Exot, ii. pl. 188. f. B (1780). Danais juventa, Godt. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 193 ; Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 122, pl. 4. f. 4, 4a. Hab. Java, Lombock, Billiton. 7. RADENA MANILLANA, n. sp. Male. From typical specimens of R. juventa this differs on the fore wing in the discoidal streaks being nearer together, and in some touching at their lower end ; the media! discal spots are more oval in shape. On the hind wing the discal spots are also comparatively narrower and longer, and the two marginal series of spots are disposed in a more curved series. Female. With more widely separated markings, the medial discal spots conspicuously oval, and the submarginal row composed of larger spots: the hind wing has much narrower streaks and comparatively larger marginal spots. Expanse 3 inches. Hab. Manilla, South Luzon. In coll. F. Moore and G. Semper. 8. RADENA LUZONICA, n. sp. Intermediate between R. juventa and R. ishma. Fore wing with all the markings smaller and more widely separated than in R. ishma, the second and third upper discal and the two opposite sub-marginal spots separated as in R. juventa, the two large discal smaller |