﻿BUTTERFLIES 
  OF 
  ADMIRALTY 
  ISLANDS 
  — 
  WAGNER 
  AND 
  GRETHER 
  165 
  

  

  unusually 
  interesting 
  butterfly 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Admiralties, 
  and 
  should 
  

   encourage 
  further 
  study. 
  

  

  An 
  interesting 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  butterflies 
  of 
  these 
  islands 
  is 
  that 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  subspecies 
  show 
  a 
  tendency 
  toward 
  darkness 
  in 
  

   the 
  restriction 
  of 
  light 
  markings, 
  the 
  enlargement 
  of 
  dark 
  markings, 
  

   and 
  the 
  deepening 
  of 
  the 
  gTOund 
  color. 
  This 
  is 
  illustrated 
  by 
  Papilio 
  

   ulysses 
  gahrielis^ 
  Mycalesis 
  perseus 
  suhpersa, 
  Euploea 
  calUthoe 
  ad- 
  

   miraUa, 
  HypoUinnas 
  pithoeca 
  gretherl^ 
  Yoma 
  algina 
  maimsi, 
  and 
  

   other 
  dark 
  subspecies 
  found 
  elsewhere, 
  such 
  as 
  Taenaris 
  phorcas 
  

   uranus 
  and 
  Melanitis 
  leda 
  dom'mans. 
  Fewer 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  subspecies 
  

   are 
  characterized 
  by 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  light 
  markings, 
  as 
  for 
  instance 
  

   Parthenos 
  sylvia 
  adiniralia 
  and 
  Thysonotis 
  dispar 
  latifascia. 
  

  

  From 
  our 
  experience 
  we 
  are 
  led 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  habits 
  are 
  often 
  as 
  

   characteristic 
  of 
  butterflies 
  as 
  their 
  color 
  pattern 
  and 
  morphology; 
  

   so 
  we 
  have 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  list 
  brief 
  statements 
  on 
  the 
  oc- 
  

   currence 
  and 
  behavior 
  of 
  those 
  species 
  known 
  to 
  us 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  

  

  Without 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  Austin 
  H. 
  Clark 
  this 
  collection 
  could 
  not 
  

   have 
  been 
  made 
  or 
  these 
  notes 
  prepared. 
  We 
  thank 
  him 
  for 
  his 
  many 
  

   instructive 
  letters 
  to 
  us 
  while 
  we 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  super- 
  

   vision 
  later 
  of 
  our 
  studies 
  in 
  Washington 
  We 
  also 
  acknov/ledge 
  our 
  

   indebtedness 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  Naval 
  authorities 
  wdio 
  permitted 
  us 
  to 
  

   make 
  collections 
  and 
  to 
  enter 
  jungle 
  areas 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  scientific 
  

   study. 
  We 
  wash 
  to 
  thank 
  Ernest 
  L. 
  Eell 
  for 
  his 
  kindness 
  in 
  identi- 
  

   fying 
  for 
  us 
  our 
  specimens 
  of 
  Baoris 
  laraca 
  and 
  B. 
  hevani. 
  Brigadier 
  

   William 
  H. 
  Evans 
  was 
  so 
  very 
  good 
  as 
  to 
  identify 
  for 
  us 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  Cephrenes 
  moseleyi 
  7iioseleyi 
  and 
  C. 
  m. 
  shortlandica^ 
  and 
  N. 
  D. 
  Riley, 
  

   keeper 
  of 
  entomology, 
  British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  History), 
  most 
  cour- 
  

   teously 
  sent 
  us 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  localities 
  from 
  which 
  G. 
  m. 
  moseleyi 
  is 
  

   represented 
  in 
  the 
  collections 
  under 
  his 
  care. 
  

  

  All 
  our 
  specimens 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  

   except 
  for 
  some 
  duplicates 
  that 
  we 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  South 
  Australian 
  

   Museum 
  at 
  Adelaide, 
  South 
  Australia, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  others 
  that 
  we 
  gave 
  

   to 
  the 
  Bernice 
  P. 
  Bishop 
  Museum 
  in 
  Honolulu. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  nine 
  specimens, 
  representing 
  as 
  

   many 
  species, 
  which 
  were 
  collected 
  at 
  Lorengau, 
  Manus, 
  By 
  Emil 
  

   Bogen 
  in 
  1944 
  and 
  1945. 
  For 
  the 
  sake 
  of 
  completeness 
  we 
  have 
  in- 
  

   cluded 
  these 
  records 
  with 
  ours. 
  

  

  