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Show 1866.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS DANAIS. 51 31. DANAIS MEGANIRA. Banais meganira, Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 192. n. 51 (1819); Boisd. Faune de l'Oceanie, ix. p. 104. n. 3 (1832); Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 92. n. 29 (1847); Blanch. Voy. au P61e Sud, p. 387, pi. 2. f\ 4. Hab. Java; Ceram ; Philippine Islands. B.M. Var. Rich reddish brown on a greenish ochreous ground; the nervures much more broadly bordered, and the spots consequently smaller. Hab. Ceram. B.M. 32. DANAIS MELISSA. Papilio melissa, Cramer, iv. pi. 377. f. C, D (1782); Herbst, Pap. t. 125. f. 3,4. Banais melissa, Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 192 ; F. Moore, Cat. Lep, Mus. East Ind. Comp. p. 121. n. 236. Hab. Java; North India. (Horsf. Coll.). 33. DANAIS XANTHIPPUS. Banais xanthippus, Felder, Wien. Ent. Monatsschr. iv. p. 100. Hab. Brazil. 34. DANAIS LIMNIACE. Papilio limniacce, Cramer, i. pi. 59. f. C, D (1775). Banais limniacce, Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 191 ; Doubleday, List Lep. Brit. Mus. pt. 1. p. 49 ; Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 93. n. 31 ; F. Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. East Ind. Comp. p. 121. n. 235, pi. 4. f. 3, 3 a (metamorph.). Papilio similis, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 58. Euplcea hamata, M'Leay, King's Survey of Australia, ii. App. p. 46 (1827). Hab. Java ; North India ; Penang. B.M. Var. With all the markings much narrower; abdomen with veiy large yellow anal tuft. Hab. Borneo. B.M. 35. DANAIS LEONORA, sp. n. (LIMNIACE, var.?). Upperside-front wings black brown, with pale-greenish semi-transparent spots, which differ from those of B. limniaca in being broader and shorter ; no streak below the base of the submedian nervure. Hind wings much smaller and rounder than those of B. limniacce; the cells much shorter ; rich olive-brown, with pale-greenish semitransparent spots, which differ from those of B. limniacce in being broader and shorter. Underside as above, excepting that the apical portion of the front wing is of an olive-brown colour, and the interior margin reddish ; the hind wing is also paler. Expanse of wings 3T\ inches. Hab. Angola. B.M. |
