Mr. A. (ji. Butler on Buttt-rjlu's from the South Seas. 357 Fi(/.G. DnhjmograpsHs Jlaccidux, Hall, natural sizo. From the Upper Ivlaiideilo rocks of Dobbs's liinn, iifar >r<ifrut. Grt. Biuse of another spw-inien of tlie sani*', enlarged, showing the three snuUl spines opposite to the radicle. b. PVagmeut of the same, enlarfred, to show the cellules. Gc. Germs of 2>.^art7V/(/.N-. nat. size. Fig. 7. Small specimen of Didijmixjrapsus Murchisoni, Beck, nat. size. From the Tapper Llandeilo rocks of Aboreiddy Bay, in Pem-brokeshire. 7 a. Large specimen of D. Murchisoni, from the same locality, nat. size. 7 b. Base of another small specimen of D. Murchisoni, enlarged. The base is considerably more obtuse and rounded in this spe-cimen than in fig, 7. XXXVII. — List of Species in a small Collection of Butterflies from the South Seas. By ARTHUR Gardiner Butler, F.L.S. &c. A COLLECTION of Diiu-nal Lepidoptera ha.s recently been sent to the British Museum by Julius BrenchleVj Esq., which, though small, contains several interesting novelties. The species are all referable to two of the five Rhopalocerous fami-lies, and the majority of them to the subfamily Danaina^. Family Nymphalidae, (Westwood) Bates. Subfamily Danainm, Bates. Genus Euplcea, Fabricius. 1. Euploea anthracina. Eupl(pa anthracimi, Butler, P. Z. S. p. 280. n. 39, p. 281. fig. 1 (18nr>). One example. South-Sea Islands. 2. Euploea Brenchleyi, sp. nov. cJ . Alse supra saturate fuscae, area apicali alba ; margiue late fusco ; stria infra raraum prim am medianum sericca : posticae fuse®, area externo-anali pallidiore ; costa sericea dilutiorc. Alae subtus pallidiorcs, area externa alba : anticae punctis tribns modiis violaceis quorum maximo discoidali ct puncto discali albo : posticae oosta pallide fusca ; macula discoidali serieque punctorum quinque discalium in serie angulata violasceutium ; punctis con -suetis basalibus albis : corpus nigrum, albo punctatum. $ difFert supra area anticarum alba duplo latiore et area externa posticarum late alba ; subtus stria anticis interna alba. Exp. alar. unc. 3, lin. 2. Five specimens (4(^, 1 $ ). South-Sea Islands. Resembles another .species in the same collection, which has Ann.i{:May.X.IUst. Ser. 4. Vol.y. 25
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