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notes ou tlism, wliicli prove that my identifioations of some of the species 

 were iucorreGt. No. I, which I followed Dr. 0. Staudinger in consi- 

 dering to be the true " Limenitis'" prash'ni of Boisduval, described by 

 the latter from New Ireland, and redescribed and figured by me from 

 Northern Australia, is not that species, and reijuires a new name ; and 

 1 propose N. staudingereana for it, as it was figured by the learned doctor 

 from Northern Australia. No. 2, Neptis lactana, Butler, is correct, 

 Dr. Butler noting that there are exactly similar specimens in the 

 British Museum from N.-E. New Guinea. No. 3. Neptis nausicaay 

 de Nioeville, is the iV^/i^/s j;>^p?ia of Oberthiir, and there are specimens 

 in the British Museum from Dorey, New Guinea, says Dr. Butler, so my 

 name fulls as a synonym to Oberthiir's. The latter author himself 

 stated that he considered his N. papua had better sink to N. prasUni, 

 in which I followed him, but it seems to be quite distinct. No. 4, Neptis 

 nemeu!^, do Nicevillo, is typical N. j^t't^slini, Boisduval, so my name 

 falls as a synonym, Dr. Butler noting that it is in the British Museum 

 from New Irehmd, my specimen being from New Britain. 



9. Rhinopalpa callonice, Fruhstorfer, pi. Y, fig-. 12, ^. 



R. polt/'iice, Kheil Qnec Cramer), Rhop. Nias, p. 22, n. 41 (1884); B. fulvay 

 idem («?<;) Feltler), n. 42 ; R. pulynice callonice^ Fiuhstorf«r, Berl. Ent. Zeitsch., 

 vol. xli;, p. 330 (1898). 



Habitat : Nias Island, near Sumatra. 



Expanse: $, 2-7 inches. 



Description : Male. Nearest to R. elpinice, Fekler, * from Java, 

 from which it ditfers on the uppep.side of the Jorea-ing in the outer black 

 border being narrow, only 6 mm. wide, where it crosses the snbmedian 

 nervure, instead of 10 mm.; the black border is consequently outwardly 

 oblique instead of almost upright. Hindioing also with the outer black 

 border very much narrower, nearly half as wide, and of a much less 

 intense black colour, thereby allowing the black ocelli of the underside 

 to appear on the border as oval blind intensely black spots. Underside, 

 both ic/ngs have the ground-colour much paler, thereby allowing all the 

 markings to appear more prominently ; the rufous markings greatly 

 obliterated, entirely so on the outer margins and tail ; the violet markings 

 also are obsolete, 



Herr Napoleon Kheil records both E. pohjnfce^ Cramer, and R.fidi-a^ 

 Felder, from Nias ; but ihese two names represent one species, which ia 

 • Eurh'-ma c'ipinice, Yelder, Reifse Norara, Lep., vol. lii, p, 105, n, 606 (1807). 



