(20) 



see no differences in coloiu-. The species was first described from New (iiiinea, and 

 ti»e l'iii)uan form must therefore stand as Macropteryx mystocea lypiai. I ha\c 

 measured the following specimens from Xew Guinea and adjacent islands :— 



Wing. 



1. Mailu district, Hritish New Guinea 



2. 



3. „ 



4. Kafu 



5- „ 



fi. Andai, Dutch New (iuin 



7. Man si man, Arfak... 



H. Arfak Mountains... 



9. Owen Stanley Mountain: 



10. ny Kiver 



11. .Toiii I.sland 



12. Waigiu 



1:5. Port Moresby 

 14. .\i-u Islands 



The following from Duke of Yor 



1. Duke of York 



2. New Ireland 



From the Moluccan Islands :— 



k and New Ireland : 



!)•() inches. 

 9-1 



y-2 



9-4 



8-9o „ 

 8-6o „ 

 8-9 „ 



8-8 



8-'jr, „ 



9-0 



8-9 „ 



9-2 „ 



9-15 „ 



9-18 „ 



8-T;J ., 

 S-d.') 



8-0 



8-() 



8-(> 



8-,") 



8-0 



8-.') 



8-08 „ 



8-;J 



8-3 „ 



8-56 „ 



8-4 



8-8 



8-7 



8-0 



8-8 



E. H. 



