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genera with which I am unacquainted. Three or four species of 

 very ordinary looking Phytophaga complete the Coleoptera. 



The collection of Lepidoptera is limited almost entirely to 

 the diurnal species, but these are remarkable even in comparison 

 with the butterflies of New Guinea for their beauty and variety. 



There are many fine specimens of a green Omithoptera of 

 great size. The females measure nine inches from tip to tip of 

 the wings, and have a paler and more diaphanous colouration than 

 the females of 0. Priamus. There are also several fine specimens 

 of Omithoptera Urrilliana Guer, a blue species brought from 

 Port Praslin by the Coquille, fifty-five years ago. A very good 

 figure of this insect is given in the Atlas of Plates, published with 

 the " Natural History of the Voyage of the Coquille." 



Besides these there are eight species of Papilio, P. Polydorus, 

 or a variety of it, P. Ormenus, a species somewhat resembling P. 

 Ambrax, a variety of 7'. Ulysses, probably the Penelope of Wal- 

 lace ; P. Sarpedon ; two species of the P. Agamemnon group, one 

 of them, I believe, to be P. Wallacei, the other is probably new ; 

 and a very fine species resembling P. codrus. 



The Pieridaj are poor, and very ordinary looking. One 

 species of Tacliyris, two of Terias, and one Gallidryas, complete 

 the list of them. Among the Nymphalida; are Cethosia obscura, 

 Guerin — one of the Coquille insects of 1823, and figured in the 

 Atlas to that voyage, Junonia Vellida, Precis Zelima, Rhino- 

 palpa Sabina, Cram., (figured and described in the voyage of the 

 Coquille, under the name of Vanessa Amelia), Messaras Lampetia, 

 Cynthia Arsinai. a species of Neptis, Apaturina Erminia, Cram., 

 a species of Adolias, one of Gyrestis, Diadema Misippus, Diadema 

 Alimena, and a magnificent cream-coloured butterfly, which I 

 imagine must be also a species of Diadema. 



The Morphines are represented by numerous specimens of 

 Drusilla Gatops. Of the Satyrince there are six species, Melanitis 

 amabilis, Boid ; three species of Mycalesis, all unknown to me ; 

 and two species of Ypthima, or an allied genus. 



The Danaidce, as is usual in these latitudes, are well repre- 

 sented. There are six species of Euplcea, two of Banais, and one 



