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XX. On three collections of Rhopalocera from Fiji, and one 

 from Samoa. By GusTAVUS A. Waterhouse, 

 B.Sc, B.E., F.C.S. 



[Read June 1st, 1904.] 



Having received during the last year several collections of 

 butterflies from the South Sea Islands, to all of which 

 localities were attached, and to most of which dates 

 were added, I have thought it well to draw up a list, and at 

 the same time add a few notes of comparison with allied 

 Australian species. 



In 1886, Mr. T. Steel, F.C.S., F.I.C., made a collection of 

 eight species at Nausori on the Rewa River, Viti Levu. 



During December 1902, Mr. T. Guthrie, Ph.D., made a 

 collection consisting of ten species at Lautoka, Viti Levu. 



During 1903 my brother, Mr. E. G. Waterhouse, B.A., 

 visited Fiji and Samoa and brought back a large number 

 of specimens. The localities he visited in Fiji were Bua, 

 Vanua Levu (22nd May to 4th June), and Navaloa, Viti 

 Levu (9th to 11th June). In Samoa his dates were Apia 

 (16th to 18th June), Lutiluti (19th to 22nd June), arid 

 Satapouala (4th July) on the island of Upolu ; Satapaitea 

 (27th June to 1st July) and Salilalonga (2nd July) on the 

 island of Savaii. 



Of previous papers on these islands we have those of 

 Herrich-Schaffer (Stett. Ent. Zeit., 1869, pp. 65-80) and 

 Butler (P.Z.S. 1874, pp. 274-281, and 1875, pp. 619, 620; 

 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1884, pp. 343-348), while in 1892 

 Mr. H. H. Druce (P.Z.S., pp. 434-446) gave an account of 

 the Lyci&nid^ of the South Pacific. 



I have followed the nomenclature used in my catalogue 

 of the Hhojjaloccrcc of Australia * in my comparisons with 

 Australian forms. 



Anosia menippc, Hiibner. 



Nausori, ^^. Lautoka, 3 (^. Lufilufi, (^. Satapaitea, $. 



I can detect no difference between Fijian and Samoan 

 specimens, nor do they differ from Australian specimens, 

 nor from figures of the North American insect. 



* Memoirs of the N.S.W. Naturalists' Chib, No. 1, 1903. 

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