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species, indeed, being identical. Of course, this is just what 

 one might have expected ; but still it is very satisfactory to 

 know the truth, since it proves the local constancy of the 

 species. 



Rhopalocera. 



Family Nymphalidse. 



Danainm^ Bates. 

 Danais, Latreille. 

 1. Danais pumilaj Boisduval (No. 12). 

 Previously received from New Caledonia and Mard. 



2. Danais affinisj Fabricius. 

 Quite common. 



3. Danais archippus^ Fabricius (No. 24). 

 Said to be rare in Lifu, but common in Samoa. 



EuPLCEA, Fabricius. 



4. Euploea torvina^ Butler (No. 7). 

 Previously known from Aneiteum. 



5. Euplcea Whitmei, n. sp. (No. 4). 



Allied to E. EschschoUzu, but olivaceous brown, fading 

 away externally into a broad greyish border : primaries with 

 a small white spot near the costa just beyond the end of the 

 cell, three still smaller, placed obliquely near the apex, and 

 two of about the same size on the median interspaces ; secon- 

 daries with a discal row of small spots and a submarginal row 

 of smaller spots in couples : body black-brown, head spotted 

 with white. Wings below even paler than above: pi-imaries 

 with a small ["-shaped spot in the cell, and two or three smaller 

 spots beyond it, all lilacine white ; remaining spots as above, 

 traces of three or four white submarginal points near external 

 angle : secondaries with a spot in the cell, four decreasing 

 spots above it and two below it, all lilacine white ; remaining 

 spots as above : body below black, pectus white-spotted. 

 Expanse of wings 2 inches 7 lines. 



