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Show 48 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS DANAIS. [Jan. 23, out an apical spot, with several additional submarginal dots near the apex ; otherwise as above. Hind wings clouded with brown towards the base ; a complete double series of white submarginal spots along the hind margin, and a white spot beyond the middle of the costa. Expanse of wings 3^ inches. Hab. Dory. B.M. Fig. 1. 22. D A N A I S AFFINIS. Papilio affinis, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 58. n. 181. Banais affinis, Godart, Enc. M . ix. p. 182. n. 21 (1819); Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 92. n. 20 (1847); Blanch. Voy. au Pole Sud, p. 389 (Insectes), pi. 2. f. 7. Banais cecilia, Bougainville, Voy. de la Corvette Thetis, t. 44. f. 3, 3 bis (1837). Hab. Amboyna ; Borneo. B.M. 23. DANAIS FULGURATA, sp. n. (PI. IV. fig. 1). Upperside dark brown; an elongate streak near the inner margin of front wings and five streaks between the nervures in the centre of hind wings ferruginous. Front wings with white markings of apical half as in B. philene ; a large elongate white spot in the centre of the ferruginous streak. Hind wings with a white irregular band across the cell, running nearly parallel to the costa, and divided into five portions by the nervures ; towards the abdominal margin dusky ; inner margin pale brown, with a marginal row of small white spots ; cilia white. Body-thorax brown; head and prothorax speckled with white ; abdomen pale brown. Underside-front wings, basal half pale ferruginous, inclining to brown towards the costa ; apical half brown, an irregular white blotch below the base of the first median nervule; several additional sub-marginal spots ; otherwise as above. Hind wings ferruginous ; nervures black ; three small white spots at the base, close to the body; a white spot below the base, and another below the apex of the costal nervure ; outer margin dusky ferruginous, a complete double series |