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Show 18/9.] FROM NEW IRELAND AND NEW BRITAIN. 1*)7 8. *EUPLOSA TREITSCHKII, Boisd. Voy. Astr. Ent. p. 98. New Britain. , 9. EUPLCEA DUPONCHELI, Boisd. Voy. Astr. Ent. p. 97. New Britain. The examples sent have all the spots on the underside smaller than specimens thus named in the British Museum. 10. * H A M A D R Y A S .EQUICINCTA, nob. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 142. New Ireland. Several specimens, all exactly alike. 11. MELANITIS LEDA (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 773. New Ireland. 12. *MYCALESIS LUGENS, Salv. et Godm. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 142. New Ireland. 13. *MYCALESIS M E D U S : Salv. et Godm. P. Z.S. 1877, p. 142. New Ireland. 14. *DRUSILLA ANABLEPS, Salv. et Godm. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 142. New Ireland. 15. * CYNTHIA INSULARIS, Salv. et Godm. P. Z S. 1877, p. 142" New Ireland. Male specimens now sent agree with Moluccan examples of C. arsinoe. 16. *MESSARAS WALLACII, Feld. Reise Nov. Lep. p. 390. New Ireland. Two damaged specimens doubtfully referable to this species; they differ in having the marginal band on the underside of the secondaries narrower than specimens from Mysol and Waigiou. 17. J U N O N I A IPHITA, Cram. Pap. Ex. iii. t. 209. f. C, D. New Ireland. Two very dark-coloured specimens of this variable species. 18. *RHINOPALPA ALGINA, Salv. et Godm. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 143. New Ireland. 19 *CETHOSIA OBSCURA, Salv. et Godm. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 144. New Ireland. 20. D I A D E M A BOLINA (Linn.). New Ireland. Agrees with specimens from New Guinea. 21. * D I A D E M A INEXPECTATA, Salv. etGodm. P.Z. S.1877, p. 144. New Ireland. With additional male specimens Mr. Brown has also sent females. |