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Show 246 MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. [Apr. 17, cocellulars bent below the upper radial, producing a short spur within the cell from the angle ; lower discocellular slender at its upper end. Hind wing short, broad, oval; cell long; costal vein much arched at the base, first subcostal branch and lower median branch emitted opposite to one another before half length of the cell, both being comparatively longer than in Parantica. Male with two spatula-shaped scent-pouches, a large one on lower median vein and a small one on submedian vein. Antennae stout, with a well-formed thick club. Palpi small, pointed at tip. PHIRDANA PUMILA. Danais pumila, Boisd. Bull. Ent. Soc. France, 1859, p. 156. Danais mariana, Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, vol. xvi. p. 397 (1865) ; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 58, pl. 4. fig. 6. Hab. New Caledonia (Loyalty Island). PHIRDANA HEBRIDESIA. Danais hebridesia, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 610, pl. 67. f. 6, $ . Hab. New Hebrides (Aneiteum). ASTHIPA, n. g. Fore wing somewhat short, apex broad and very convex, exterior margin slightly oblique ; first subcostal branch emitted at one fourth before end of the cell, free ; second branch at a short distance before its end, recurved ; discocellulars bent below the upper radial, producing a very short point within the cell from the angle, lower discocellular slender at its upper end ; upper radial from near subcostal, lower from above tbe middle angle. Hind wing broad, convex externally, costal margin slightly curved, cell narrowed at both ends. Male with a long spatula-shaped scent-pouch on lower median vein and a small (? rudimentary) pouch near inner side of submedian vein. Antennae with a long slender tip. Palpi small, tip pointed. Type A. vitrina. 1. ASTHIPA MELANOLEUCA Danais melanoleuca, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 581, pl. 58. f. 3. Danais (Parantica) melanoleuca, Marshall & de Niceville, Butt, of India &c. p. 38 (1882). Hab. South Andaman Isles. 2. ASTHIPA VITRINA. Danais vitrina, Felder, Wien. ent. Monats. v. p. 300 (1861), cf; Reise der Novara, Lep. ii. p. 530, pl. 43. f. 3, 4. Danais cenone, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 433, pl. 25. f. 6, 1866, p. 56, cf • Hab. Philippine Islands. |
