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Show 238 MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. [Apr. 17, Danais (Salatura) chrysippus, Marshall and de Niceville, Butt, India, p. 50, pl. 6. fig. 10, cf $ (1882). Papilio asclepiadis, Gagl. Atti Instit. Incorr. Napol. i. p. 155, pl. 1 (1811); Ochsenh. Schmett. Europ. iv. p. 124 (1816). Hab. S.E. Europe, W . and S. Africa. Madagascar, Rodriguez, Johanna, Mauritius, Socotra, Turkey in Asia, Persia, Afghanistan, Candahar, India, Ceylon, Nicobars, Burmah, Siam, Malay peninsula, Peuang, Singapore, Sumatra, Lombock, Kaiva, S. China, Hainan, Formosa, Philippines. 2. LIMNAS ALCIPPUS. Papilio cdcippus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pl. 127. f. E, F (1777) Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 50 ; Herbst, Pap. pl. 155. f. 5, 6. Danais alcippus, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 188 ; Lep. de France, p. 110, pl. 17 . f. 3 ; Peters, Reise n. Mossambique, Zool. p. 370 (1862) ; Butler, Catal. Lep. Fabr. B. M. p. 5. Hab. Sierra Leone ; Ashanti. 3. LIMNAS ALCIPPOIDES, n. sp. (Plate XXXI. fig. 1.) 1 Danais alcippus, Marshall and de Niceville, Butt, of India, p. 51. From W . African specimens of L. alcippus this differs in the fore wing having a broader series of white subapical oblique spots, the white spot below these (between the upper and middle median veins) is much larger; and there is a lower discal spot on the red area between the middle and lower medians, which is not present in any West-African specimens that I have seen. The hind wing has somewhat less white than the African specimens. Expanse 3 inches. Hab. Nepal (Gen. Ramsay). In coll. F. Moore. Marshall and de Niceville refer to L. alcippus as occurring in the plains of Northern India (Sind, Nurpur in the Punjab), in the N.W. Provinces (Lucknow), and also at Rangoon. 4. LIMNAS DORIPPUS. Euploea dorippus, Klug, Symb. Phys. pl. 48. f. 1-5 (1829). Danais dorippus, Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. Zool. p. 371 (1862); Oberthur, Etud. Ent. 1878, p. 24, yd. 1. f. 5. Danais (Salatura) dorippus, Marshall and de Niceville, Butt, of India, p. 52 (1882). Hob. E. Africa (Zanzibar); Arabia, S.Persia,Beluchistan,Western India (Sind, Kutch). In coll. F. Moore. 5. LIMNAS BATAVIANA, n. sp. Euploea chrysippus, Horsfield, Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. pl. 2. figs. 9, 9a, larva (1828). Danais chrysippus, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. i. pl. 4. figs. 7a, larva (1857). Near to L. cratippus. Differs in the fore wing being com- |