. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. 14 NYMPHALID^. 10. Danais melanea, Cramer (Papilio), Bap. Exot. i, 1775, pi. 30, fig. D; de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 43, pi. 5, fig. 5 tf $; Moore (Caduga), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 60, pi. 14, figs. 2, 2 a, ' â c? $ ⢠Upperside: fore wing black, hind wing very dark purplish brown, with faintly bluish-white subhyaline markings. Underside: fore wing black, the apex broadly suffused with bright chestnut-brown; hind wing bright chestnut-brown, with a patch on the costa and a portion of the disc and termen very much darker in most specimens. For the r
. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. 14 NYMPHALID^. 10. Danais melanea, Cramer (Papilio), Bap. Exot. i, 1775, pi. 30, fig. D; de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 43, pi. 5, fig. 5 tf $; Moore (Caduga), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 60, pi. 14, figs. 2, 2 a, ' â c? $ ⢠Upperside: fore wing black, hind wing very dark purplish brown, with faintly bluish-white subhyaline markings. Underside: fore wing black, the apex broadly suffused with bright chestnut-brown; hind wing bright chestnut-brown, with a patch on the costa and a portion of the disc and termen very much darker in most specimens. For the rest exactly resembles D. tytia in form and disposition of the subhyaline markings, but these are more clearly defined and proportionately smaller, the subterminal and terminal spots on the hind wing generally very distinct. An- tennae black ; head and thorax black, spotted with white; abdomen bright ochraceous. Exp. 6 2 94-100 mm. (3-7-3-95"). Hab. The Eastern Himalayas;'Assam ; Burma; Tenasserim, extending to the Malayan Pig. 3.âDanais melanea, c?. 11. Danais vulgaris, Butler, Ent. Month. Mag. 1874, p. 164; M. Si- de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 32, fig. tf; Moore (Kadena), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 27, pi. 5, figs. 1, 1 a, S 2 ⢠Race exprompta. Danais exprompta, Butler, Ent. Month. Mag. 1874, p. 164; Moore (Radena), Lep. Ceyl. i. 1880, p. 4, pi. 2, fig. 1; M. 8r de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 33 ; Moore (Radena), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 28, pi. 5, figs. 8, 3 a, & $. Race nicobarica. Danais similis, Linn., var. nicobarica, fy de N., 1881, pt. ii, p. 225, fig. Danais nicobarica, M. $ de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 34, fig. $ ; Moore (Radena), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 28, pi. 5, figs. 2, 2 a, 6 $ ⢠Upperside black, the dorsal margin of hind wing broadly cinereous ; both wings with the following subhyaline bluish-white streaks and spots :âfore wing : a short streak along dorsal margin, two broad streaks united at base in interspace 1, the u
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