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Show 1883.] MR. F. M O O R E ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. 249 MANGALISA ALBATA. Euplcea albata, Zinken-Sommer, Nova Acta Acad. Curios. 1831, p. 181, pl. 16. f. 16. Hab. Java. Sexual mark on submedian and internal veins. CADUGA, n. g. Danais (Chittira, sect. A, part.), Marshall & de Niceville, Butt. of India &c. p. 42 (1882). Fore wing elongated, narrow, more regularly triangular ; first subcostal branch emitted at one fourth before end of the cell, free ; second branch from end of the cell; cell long and narrow ; upper discocellular bent below lower radial, producing a short spur from the angle within the cell; lower discocellular slender at its upper end. Hind wing elongated, abdominal margin short, costa straight; costal vein long, slightly curved and extending along the margin ; cell long and narrow. Male with two spatula-shaped pouch-marks, one, the largest, being on the submedian vein, the other on the internal vein, near the end ; these pouch-marks are formed by a lengthened but slight dilatation or swelling of the veins, the adjacent spatula-shaped surface being composed of very compactly disposed scales of a different shape and form, (? between) which project innumerable delicate short white filaments ; a similar patch of scales is also observable on the lower median vein, but it is not accompanied by the swollen vein. Antennae with a regularly formed clavate tip. Apical joint of palpi large, stout, pointed. Type C. tytia, Gray. 1. CADUGA TYTIA. Euplcea tytia, Gray, Lep. Ins. of Nepal, p. 9, pl. 9. fig. 2 (1833). Danais tytia, Doubleday, List. Lep. Brit. Mus. i. p. 50 (1844); Doubleday & Hewitson, Diurn. Lep. pl. 12. fig. 4. Danais (Chittira) tytia, Marshall & de Niceville, Butt, of India &c. p. 42(1882). Danais sita, Kollar, Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv. p. 424, pl. 6 (1844). Hab. N.W. and E. Himalayas (Cashmir to Sikkim) ; Khasia hills; Tenasserim. 2. CADUGA NIPHONICA, n. sp. Differs from typical C. tytia in its larger size: fore wing very black, with broader subapical streaks; comparatively smaller and more ovate upper discal spots; the lower discal outer spot also smaller, the latter being more transversely narrow and less quadrate in shape ; the submarginal row of spots are larger, and the marginal row more distinct: hind wing in male with all tbe veins and their borders blackish, the spatular glandular patch and streaks therefrom very black ; no red bifid streak within the cell, which is replaced by 17* |
