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Show 1883.] MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLOilNA. 257 VONONA, n. g. Male. Fore wing triangular ; costal margin arched, apex very acute; exterior margin oblique, nearly straight; posterior margin straight. Hind wing with somewhat prolonged anterior margin ; exterior margin convex; upper discocellular with a short spur or discoidal veinlet emitted within the cell. Larva with four pairs of fleshy filaments. Type V. goudotii. 1. VONONA GOUDOTII. Euploea goudotii, Boisduval, Faune Ent. Madagascar, Bourbon et Mauritius, p. 36, pl. 3. f. 2 (1833): Trimen, Rhop. Africa. austr. p. 83 ; Guenee, Le'p. Maillard's Reunion, p. 8 (1867). Crastia goudotii, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 298. Hab. Bourbon (Boisduval) ; Madagascar (Brit. Mus. coll.). The habitat •• Zulu, S. Africa," cited by Mr. Trimen in his ' Rhop. Africa? austr.,' on the authority of a specimen from that locality being in the British-Museum collection, is an error. The specimens in that collection are labelled "Madagascar." 2. VONONA EUPHON. Papilio euphon, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 423 (1798) Euploea euphon, Butler, Catal. Fabr. Lep. B. M . p. 3. Banais euphone, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 181. Euploea euphone, Boisduval, Faune Ent. Madag. Bourb. et Maurit. p. 36, pl. 3. f. 1 (1833) ; Lucas, Hist. Nat. Anim. Art. iii. p. 434, pl. 9. f. 1. Stictoplcea euphon, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 303. Hab. Mauritius (Brit. Mus.). 3. VONONA DESJARDINSI. Banaida (Euploea) desjardinsii, Guerin, Icon. Reg. Anim., Ins. texte p. 474 (1844), J. Hab. Rodriguez. The type specimen of this species is in the " Hewitson" collection at the British Museum. It is similar to V. euphone, smaller, and of a uniform cupreous-brown colour, the markings on the fore wing smaller and much less prominent, the band on the hind wing less distinct and narrow, being only half the width, the marginal spots nearly obsolete. Expanse 2\ inches. NIPARA, n. g. Male. Fore wing triangular, costal margin arched, exterior margin truncated at the apex, angularly excavated in the middle and waved hindward; posterior margin straight; upper discocellular with a short spur emitted within the cell, above the lower radial; submedian with a short slender veinlet emitted from below near the base. Hind wing obovate ; exterior margin sinuous. Type N. helcita. |
