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Show 230 MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. [Apr. 17, Genus TIRUMALA. Tirumala, Moore, Lep. of Ceylon, i. p. 4 (1880). Danais (Tirumala), Marshall & de Niceville, Butt, of India &c. p. 45 (1882). Fore wing broad, triangular; first subcostal branch emitted at one fifth before end of the cell and free from the costal, second at end of the cell; discocellulars bent acutely inward in the middle below upper radial, and emitting a short point within the cell from the angle ; lower discocellular slender near its upper end ; submedian with a short lower basal veinlet. Hind wing broadly oval, exterior margin very convex ; costal vein slightly curved ; cell short and anteriorly oblique ; second subcostal branch emitted nearer the first, and upper median nearer the middle branch than in Radena. Male with an open scent-pouch between tbe lower median and submedian veins, tbe pendent sac of which is prominent on the underside of the wing (the interior of the pouch containing, in the dried specimen, numerous white filaments). Antennae shorter than in Radena, the club also shorter aud tip more pointed. Apical joint of palpi shorter. Larva with two pair of fleshy filaments. Type T. limniace, Linn. 1. TIRUMALA PETIVERANA. Danais petiverana, Doubleday & Hewitson, Diurn. Lep. p. 93, pl. 12. f. 1 (1847) ; v. d. Decken, Reise Ostafr. p. 368 (1873). Danais leonora, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 51 ; Lep. Exotica, p. 53, pl. 20. f. 2. Petiver, Gazoph. i. pl. 3. f. 4. Hab. West Africa (Angola). 2. TIRUMALA LIMNIACE. Papilio limniace, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pl. 59. f. D, E (1775), § . Danais limniaca, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 191 (1819). Tirumala limniaceo?, Moore, Lep. of Ceylon, i. p. 4, pl. 1. f. 3. Danais limniace, Semper, Mus. Godeffroy, xiv. Lep. pl. 8. f. 6, cf . Danais (Tirumala) limniace, Marshall & de Niceville, Butt, of India, p. 47(1882). Papilio exoticus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. 5, p. 2289 (1788-93); Zschach, Mus. Lesk. Ent. p. 89 (1/88). Paqnlio similis, (part.), Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 58 (1793). Danais leopardus, Butler, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 52. Petiver, Gazophyl. i. pl. 92. f. 13. Hub. India ; Ceylon ; Nicobars ; British Burmah; Cambodia ; Hongkong ; Formosa. 3. TIRUMALA ORIENTALIS. Danais orientalis, Semper, Mus. Godeffroy, xiv. p. 140, pl. 8. fig. 5, cf (1879). Hab. Philippines (Luzon). |
