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Show 456 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA. [Nov. 22, itself or a figure of it; for descriptions of these closely allied forms differ so little from one another that distinctions of outline or pattern can scarcely be appreciated. DANAIS PHYLE. Danais phyle, Felder,Wien. ent. Monatschr. p. 105. n. 65 (1863). Danais erebus, Butler, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 54, Hab. Philippine Islands. B.M. I have lately seen specimens of D. vitrina, Felder, in Mr. Bates's and Mr. Hewitson's collections ; and it seems to m e to differ from my D. cenone (P. Z. S. 1865, p. 433, pi. xxv. f. 6, 1866, p. 56) in being larger and with fewer marginal spots; there can, however, be no doubt that it is the same species with mine. Euplara philomela of Zinken-Sommer, hitherto placed as a synonym of D. cleona of Cramer, must be kept separate from it. This species, excepting in form, bears a more general resemblance to m y D. crocea; it is intermediate between the two species; and the male, two specimens of which 1 have discovered in the Museum Collection, is of the same form as m y D. gloriola, $. It may be easily distinguished from D. crocea, not only by its different form, but by the male having the entire basal portion of the front wings yellow, and the subapical streaks much broader and shorter. DANAIS PHILOMELA. Euplara philomela, $ > Zinken-Sommer, Nova Acta Acad. Nat. Curios, xv. 1.16. f. 17(1831). Hab. Java; Nepaul. 6, B.M. The two next are identical:- DANAIS PUMILA. Danais pumila, Boisduval in Ann. Soc. Ent. France, p. 156 (1859). Danais mariana, Butler, Ann.& Mag.Nat. Hist. xvi. p.397(1865); P. Z. S. 1866, p. 58, PI. IV. f. 7. Hab. New Caledonia. B.M. The following also prove to be synonymous:- DANAIS CHLORIS. Danais chloris, Felder, Wien. ent. Monats. p. 300. n. 11 (1861); Butler, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 58. Danais salvini (chloris, Felder?), Butler, P. Z. S. 1866, p. ill Hab. Celebes. ?,B.M. VlCTORINA. By comparison of the types I find that my Victorina aphrodite, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 483, is identical with Mr. Bates's Amphirene superba, Ent. Month. Mag. (1864); yet, judging from the description alone, I had concluded that they must be distinct. This shows how necessary |
