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species will probably all be found to occur ou the Serwatty group as well, which is 

 by no. means sufficiently oxploreil. It is remarkable that some forms are common 

 to Timorlanf, Banila and Daramer, and apparently not to be found elsewhere (cf. 

 Pitta cigorsi, Ast'ir jioUonotus). 



The butterflies of Dammer seem to show a close relationship to those of 

 Timorlaut. 



The number of birds at present only known from Dammer is small, and we 

 do not doubt that many of them may ultimately be found ou the Serwatty group of 

 islands. One might therefore suppose that Dammer is not a very ancient island; 

 and Mr. Dolierty, who visited me when I had just written this note, tells me that, 

 on a hurried visit to Dammer some years ago, he had the impression that Dammer 

 was such a recent volcanic island, that it would not be worth while for him to 

 sacrifice time and money for a long stay to collect lepidoptera. Until the Serwatty 

 Islands are thoroughly explored, all these theories, however, are mere suppositions. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE HITHERTO UNKNOWN FEMALE 

 OF OENETUS MIEABILIS ROTHSCH. 



By HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D. 



? Wings, upperside : Ground colour of forewiug gamboge yellow, completely 

 covered with a network of dull apple-green; the meshes of the network are hexagonal 

 in shape, and at each point of the hexagon is a thickened spot, and in the centre of 

 each mesh is an irregular spot or dash of the same green colour. On the costal area 

 are a number of chocolate brown patches, first a small one, then three large ones 

 reaching to, and sometimes beyond, the subcostal veins. These three large sjjots are 

 followed by one or more smaller ones. 



The forewiug is crossed transversely by a band of chocolate brown almost 

 parallel to the outer margin and about one-third from the ajiex. This baud is forked 

 from the costal margin to SC, and is traversed for its whole length by a chain of 

 dull purple spots. Between this band and the outer margin is an irregular row of 

 dull purple and brown spots each standing on the edge of a hexagon. Half way 

 between the main transverse band and the base of the wing is another irregular 

 and broken baud of spots, some chocolate and others dull purple. Between the 

 nervures at outer margin is a row of dull purple spots. 



Basal half of hindwing a most delicate salmon pink, outer half chrome ycljow, 

 more or less reticulated with pink spots standing mostly along the nervures. 



Undcrsidi' of I'oth wings chrome yellow, heavily washed with pink ou basal 

 half, while outer half is spotted with pink; ou the costal margins of both wings is a 

 row of pinkish brown patches. 



Head, tliorax, end of abdomen and legs greenish wax yellow, metathorax and 

 basal two-thirds of nj)perside of abdomen greenish pink. Underside of abdomen 

 pinkish white. 



Length of forewiug : 52 to 80 mm. 



Breadth of forewiug : 25 to 38 mm. 



Described from several hied females from Townsville,iNorth Queensland, where 

 the collector obtained also a number of nmles. 



