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Show 46 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS DANAIS. [Jan. 23, Wiedemeyer, Cat. North Amer. Butterf. p. 13 (1864); Herrich- Schaffer, Schmett. Insel. Cuba, p. 4 (1864-65). Anosia megalippe, Hiibn. Samml. exot. Schmett. (1806-27). Hab. Brazil; Mexico; United States. B.M. 13. DANAIS CLEOPHILE. Banais cleophile, Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 185. n. 32 (1819) ; Westw. Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 91. n. 9, t. 12. f. 3 (1847) ; Weidemeyer, Cat. North Amer. Butterf. p. 13 (1864). Hab. Haiti; Jamaica. JJ jyj 14. DANAIS CHRYSIPPUS. Papilio chrysippus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 767 (1767); Cramer, ii. pi. 118. f. B, C ; Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 50. Banais chrysippus, Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 187; Lep. de France, p. 106, pi. 27. f. 1, 2 ; Latreille, Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 2nd ed. t. 9. p.118; Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 14 ; Doubl. List Lep. Brit. Mus. pt. 1. p. 51; Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 92. n. 14 ; F. Moore' Cat. Lep. Mus. East Ind. Comp. p. 126. n. 249, pi. 4. f. 7, 7a (me-tamorph.); Trimen, Rhop. Afric. Austral, p. 88. n. 56. Euplcea chrysippus, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 15, t. 133 f. 678, 679 ; Herbst, 1.155. f. 1, 2; Ochsenh. t. 4, p. 120. Papilio cegyptius, Schreb. Ins. p. 9, f. 11, 12. Hab. Europe; Asia; Africa; Oceania. B.M. Var. With the spots near the costa beyond the cell of front very large. Hab. Hong Kong. B.M. Note.-All the specimens that I have seen of this species from Greece, Java, and Ceram are of a dull brownish colour. . 15. DANAIS ALCIPPUS (CHRYSIPPUS, var.?). Papilio alcippus, Cramer, pi. 127. f. E, F (1777) ; Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 50. n. 155 (1793) ; Herbst, Pap. t. 155. f. 5, 6. Euplcea alcippus, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 15 (1816)- Ochsenh. t. 4, p. 120. Banais alcippus, Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 188. n. 9 (1819) ; Lep. de France, p. 110, pi. 17. f. 3 ; Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 14 ; Doubleday, List Lep. Brit. Mus. p. 51 ; Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 92. n. 15. Euplcea dorippus, Klug, Symb. Phys. pi. 48. f. 1-5 (1829). Hab. Sierra Leone ; Ashanti; Italy (Godart). B.M. 16. DANAIS PETILIA. Papiliopetilia, Stoll, t. 28. f. 3 (1790). Banais petilia, Godart, Enc. M . ix. p. 189. n. 41 (1819) ; Doubl. List Lep. Brit. Mus. p. 51 (1844) ; Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 92. n. 13 (1847). Hab. Australia. -n TIT |