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Show 1866.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS DANAIS. 53 one, below the base of the first median branch, the largest; three elongate subcostal, three irregularly placed subapical, and five small circular white apical submarginal spots. Hind wings, basal area pale greenish, divided by the brown nervures into ten to eleven differently formed portions; outer margin broadly brown, with a submarginal series of five to eight small white spots. Body brown; head and prothorax spotted with white; abdomen pale brown. Underside-front wings, apex glossed with purplish ; inner margin pale brown, several additional submarginal white dots ; otherwise as above. Hind wings, outer margin glossed with purplish ; a double series of submarginal spots; inner margin ochreous; otherwise as above. Female. Wings rounded, shorter and broader than in male. Colours the same. Expanse of wings 3^- inches. Hab. New Guinea. B.M. Fig. 2. Danais purpurata. 40. D A N A I S F U M A T A , sp. n. Upperside-front wings rich brown, with a long discoidal streak ; a large patch below the median nervure, extending from the base to the middle of the third median branch ; two spots between the first and second median branches, one in the middle, and one at the base of the nervules ; three submarginal spots, one below each of the median branches ; an oblique band from beyond the middle of the costa to the middle of the third median branch, divided into five spots by the nervures ; two minute spots near the end of the cell, below the third median branch, and two small obliquely placed subapical spots, pale-greenish white, semitransparent. Hind wings rich brown, interior margin paler ; cell, a short streak above its termination, a minute streak near the costa beyond the middle, a minute spot beyond the end of the cell, a subapical row of three small spots, and a submarginal row of four minute dots pale greenish white, semitransparent. Body brown. Underside-wings golden brown ; a patch of darker colour below |