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Show 1883.] MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. 229 ward ; costal vein much curved from base ; cell broad, triangular discocellulars very oblique, upper short. Male with a single elongated indistinct glandular patch or scent-producing organ at end of submedian vein ; anal conchs similar to those in Amauris. Antennae thicker at the tip. BERETHIS PHJEDON. Papilio phadon, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 423 (1798). Danais phadon, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 183; Butler, Catal. Lep. Fabr. B. M. p. 4. Euplcea phadon, Boisduval, Faune Ent. de Mad. p. 37, pl. 3. f. 3 (1833). Hab. Mauritius; Madagascar. LINTORATA, n. g. Wings of similar shape to Tirumala. Hind wing with a broad spatula-shaped scent-pouch on submedian vein. LINTORATA MENADENSIS, n. sp. Male. Dark purplish brown : fore wing with pale brownish-ochreous streaks along lower part of the cell, three contiguous large elongated spots below the cell between the median veins, two central discal smaller round spots, above which is a subapical series of slender oval spots, of which latter the three upper are smallest; a submarginal row of small round spots and a marginal lower row of very small spots. Hind wing with pale brownish-ochreous streaks within and below the cell, a contiguous discal series of five small spots, a submarginal row, and a marginal row of very small spots. Expanse 3| inches. Hab. Menado, S. Celebes (Wallace). In coll. Oxford University Museum. b. " Sexual mark " or scent-producing organ between the median and submedian veins. M E L I N D A , n. g. Differs from Tirumala in the fore wing having the costa less arched, the apex narrow and prolonged, the exterior margin being more oblique and concave in the middle, the posterior margin shorter, and the cell comparatively narrower and longer. Hind wing broader, tbe abdominal margin longer, the cell broader and longer, the discocellular straighter, the glandular pouch being similar. Palpi more densely covered with longer hair ; antennae more gradually clavate and less pointed at tip. MELINDA FORMOSA. Danais formosa, Godman, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1880, p. 183, pl. 19. f. 1. Hab. East Africa (Nguru hills, Zanzibar district). |