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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  AIUSEUM 
  vol.98 
  

  

  in 
  1875, 
  and 
  Captain 
  Webster 
  secured 
  a 
  few 
  more 
  in 
  1897. 
  Captain 
  

   Webster 
  was 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  land 
  on 
  the 
  main 
  island 
  and 
  collected 
  only 
  

   for 
  two 
  days 
  on 
  the 
  small 
  island 
  of 
  St. 
  Gabriel 
  or 
  Paak 
  when 
  he 
  was 
  

   obliged 
  to 
  flee 
  in 
  his 
  small 
  schooner. 
  W. 
  Niepelt 
  received 
  representa- 
  

   tives 
  of 
  nine 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  Admiralties 
  about 
  1913. 
  The 
  only 
  

   large 
  and 
  representative 
  collection 
  from 
  this 
  region 
  was 
  that 
  made 
  

   by 
  A. 
  S. 
  Meek 
  on 
  Manus 
  in 
  November 
  and 
  December 
  1913. 
  This 
  

   collection 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Tring 
  Museum. 
  From 
  the 
  Webster 
  and 
  

   Meek 
  collections 
  Lord 
  Rothschild 
  recorded 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  53 
  species. 
  Of 
  

   these, 
  20 
  were 
  not 
  found 
  by 
  us, 
  but 
  this 
  deficiency 
  is 
  amply 
  compensated 
  

   in 
  our 
  series 
  by 
  16 
  species 
  not 
  previously 
  known 
  from 
  the 
  islands. 
  

   There 
  are 
  now 
  known 
  from 
  this 
  region 
  69 
  species. 
  

  

  Butterflies 
  do 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  Admiralties. 
  Here 
  

   we 
  found 
  them 
  much 
  less 
  conspicuous 
  than 
  in 
  Guadalcanal, 
  Biak, 
  

   Samar, 
  or 
  Guam. 
  This 
  is 
  probably 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  

   them 
  in 
  the 
  forest 
  and 
  second-growth 
  woods. 
  In 
  open 
  fields 
  there 
  

   are 
  so 
  few 
  species 
  that 
  are 
  common 
  that 
  it 
  seems 
  worth 
  while 
  to 
  list 
  

   them 
  — 
  Precis 
  vellida 
  MsmarMana^ 
  Danaus 
  plexippus 
  (introduced 
  from 
  

   North 
  America) 
  , 
  Ziziila 
  gaika^ 
  Zizera 
  labradus, 
  Catachryso'ps 
  ciiejus, 
  

   Nacaduba 
  ancyra^ 
  Catopsilia 
  crocale^ 
  Baoris 
  mathias^ 
  B. 
  laraca^ 
  B. 
  

   bevani, 
  Ocybadistes 
  mamas, 
  and 
  Cephrenes 
  tnoseleyi 
  moseleyi. 
  ISIany 
  

   of 
  the 
  forest 
  species 
  are 
  conspicuous 
  enough 
  but 
  fly 
  so 
  high 
  in 
  the 
  trees 
  

   or 
  fly 
  so 
  swiftly 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  nearly 
  unobtainable. 
  One 
  of 
  these, 
  

   Papilio 
  codrus 
  auratus, 
  was 
  so 
  active 
  and 
  high-flying 
  that 
  we 
  were 
  

   unable 
  to 
  capture 
  one, 
  although 
  we 
  chased 
  an 
  individual 
  for 
  a 
  half 
  

   mile 
  in 
  a 
  jeep 
  along 
  a 
  road 
  hoping 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  come 
  within 
  reach. 
  

   Other 
  species 
  have 
  a 
  secretive 
  flight 
  in 
  the 
  forest 
  undergrowth 
  and 
  

   are 
  not 
  noticed 
  unless 
  sought 
  for. 
  We 
  M-ere 
  told 
  by 
  others 
  who 
  had 
  

   caught 
  brightly 
  colored 
  but 
  high-fljdng 
  forest 
  species 
  like 
  Papilio 
  

   priamus 
  admiralitatis 
  and 
  P. 
  ulysses 
  gahrielis 
  that 
  early 
  morning 
  was 
  

   the 
  best 
  time 
  to 
  collect 
  them. 
  The 
  following 
  species 
  are 
  represented 
  

   in 
  the 
  collections 
  from 
  the 
  Admiralties 
  by 
  single 
  specimens: 
  Atella 
  

   alcippe 
  denosa, 
  Syntarucus 
  manusi, 
  Nacaduba 
  berenice, 
  N. 
  hernius, 
  

   and 
  Bindahara 
  phocides. 
  

  

  The 
  fact 
  that 
  we 
  obtained 
  16 
  species 
  that 
  Rothschild's 
  collectors 
  

   did 
  not 
  find, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  secured 
  20 
  that 
  we 
  did 
  not 
  get, 
  suggests 
  

   that 
  there 
  is 
  still 
  much 
  to 
  be 
  learned 
  about 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  butterflies 
  of 
  

   this 
  group 
  of 
  islands 
  and 
  their 
  occurrence. 
  Butterflies 
  here 
  are 
  ap- 
  

   parently 
  quite 
  peculiar, 
  as 
  a 
  survey 
  of 
  endemism 
  will 
  show. 
  As 
  far 
  

   as 
  we 
  can 
  determine, 
  8 
  species 
  and 
  22 
  subspecies 
  are 
  known 
  only 
  from 
  

   the 
  Admiralties 
  — 
  these 
  taken 
  together 
  giving 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  44 
  percent 
  

   endemism. 
  The 
  figure 
  is 
  probably 
  too 
  high, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  indicative 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  