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Show 242 MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. [Apr. 17, lection labelled "Java" was found, upon examination of the register, to have been received from Penang. 8. SALATURA SUMATRANA, n. sp. Smaller than 8. hegesippus. Differs in both sexes in the fore wing being marked like 8. intensa, and the black median vein extending narrowly to the base, not broadly so as in 8. hegisippus: the hind wing has broader white interspaces between the veins, these white streaks all being red at their outer end; the marginal rows of white spots are smaller and are disposed in a more regularly linear succession, not placed in obliquely opposite pairs as in 8. hegesippus. Expanse, cf $ 2| inches. Hab. Sumatra. In coll. F. Moore. 9. SALATURA LOTIS. Papilio lotis, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pl. 230, f. D, E (1780). Danais lotis, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 189. Hestia tho'e, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 15 (1816). Hab. Borneo. 10. SALATURA EDMONDI. Danais edmondii, Bougainville, Voy. Thetis, ii. p. 344, pl. 44. f. 3 (1837). Hab. Philippines (Bohol, Mindanao, Luzon). 11. SALATURA NUBILA. Danais nubila, Butler, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 171. Hab. Gilolo. I 1 a. SALATURA PHILENE. Papiliophilene, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 375. figs. A, B (1782). Danais philene, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 187. Hab. Amboina. In coll. British Museum. 12. SALATURA ARTENICE. Papilio artenice, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 375. f. C, D (1782). Danais artenice, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 187. Hab. ? Java. 13. SALATURA MYSOLICA, n. sp. Intermediate between 8. artenice and 8. nubila. Comparatively larger than 8. nubila. On the fore wing the red streak is reduced to a very slender line along lower end of the cell; the subapical spots are all much larger. On the hind wing the dull red colour is restricted to tbe middle of the wing, and extends to only half the space between end ol the cell and outer margin Expanse 3| inches. .Hab. Mysol (Wallace). In coll. British Museum. |
