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Show 1880.] NEW RHOPALOCERA. 183 remained in our collection ever since unnamed. Mr. Distant has taken this opportunity of describing two more novelties from the same quarter from Mr. Horniman's collection. DANAIS FORMOSA, Godm., n. sp. (Plate XIX. fig. 1.) Exp. 4 in. Brownish black : basal half of primaries rufous; a subquadrate whitish spot near the end of the cell, a large irregular one below it, divided unequally by the second branch of the median nervure; three small spots below this, and three transverse ones beyond the cell, a fourth in a line with these nearer the outer margin; two subapical and a submarginal row of smaller spots : secondaries with basal half whitish, divided by dark nervures ; two whitish spots beyond the cell, above which is a dull rufous patch and a double irregular line of submarginal white spots : below as above, but colours paler. Hab. Gnuru Hills, East Africa (Last). Mus. G. & S. Resembles Danais petiverana, but may be easily distinguished from that species by having the primaries more elongate and the basal half rufous ; the basal streak within the cell and the two spots below the first section of the median nervure are wanting; the basal half also of the secondaries is whitish, divided by blackish nervures. D.petiverana appears to be identical with D. leonora of Butler, and is closely allied to C. limniace of Cramer, and of which species it is the African form. As Mr. Butler has pointed out, it differs from C. limniace in having no white streak below the submedian nervure, and in the markings generally being broader. All our specimens of D. petiverana are from the west coast, whereas the present species is from the Gnuru Mountains in the interior, opposite Zanzibar. PHYSCENEURA PIONE, Godm., n. sp. (Plate XIX. figs. 2, 3.) Exp. 1*8 in. Costa and exterior margin of both wings brown ; two parallel fine submarginal white lines near the outer margin of both wings, within which is a row of five rufous ocelli with faint black pupils; a broad brown streak on the inner margin of primaries ; interior area of both wings milky white, showing the markings of the underside. Beneath whitish, both wings crossed by transverse wavy blackish lines united at many points; a whitish interval on the discal area, beyond which is an ochreous band marked with a row of five silvery spots in the primaries and six in the secondaries ; there is also a round ochreous spot with silvery pupil on the costa at the end of the cell, and three fine submarginal parallel black lines in both wings. Hab. Gnuru Hills, East Africa (Last). Mus. G. & S. Closely allied to P. panda of Boisduval, but may readily be distinguished from that species by its having the interior area of both wings milky white instead of brown; it differs also in other particulars already pointed out. |