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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  »8 
  

  

  ANNOTATED 
  LIST 
  OF 
  SPECIES 
  

  

  Family 
  NYMPHALIDAE 
  

   Subfamily 
  Satyrinae 
  

  

  MELANITIS 
  LED 
  A 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  Papilio 
  leda 
  Linnaeus, 
  Systema 
  naturae, 
  eti. 
  10, 
  vol 
  1, 
  p. 
  474, 
  No. 
  102, 
  1758 
  

  

  (Asia). 
  

   Melanitis 
  leda 
  dominans 
  Fruhstorfek, 
  Entomol. 
  Zeitschr., 
  Stuttgart, 
  vol. 
  22, 
  

  

  p. 
  87, 
  lUOS 
  (Bismarck 
  Archipelago). 
  — 
  Rothschild, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  

  

  p. 
  200, 
  June 
  1915 
  (Manus). 
  

  

  Record. 
  — 
  One 
  male 
  of 
  the 
  form 
  dominans^ 
  falls 
  of 
  the 
  Lorengau 
  

   River, 
  Manus, 
  November 
  9, 
  1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  Emil 
  Bogen 
  captured 
  a 
  large 
  female 
  at 
  Lorengau 
  on 
  De- 
  

   cember 
  1, 
  1944, 
  which 
  is 
  pale 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  approaches 
  the 
  form 
  

   salomonis, 
  through 
  the 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  are 
  

   not 
  so 
  large. 
  

  

  Lord 
  Rothschild 
  recorded 
  six 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  form 
  dominans 
  from 
  

   Manus. 
  The 
  National 
  Museum 
  contains 
  tw^o 
  specimens 
  of 
  dominans 
  

   from 
  Lunga, 
  Guadalcanal, 
  collected 
  by 
  James 
  Paul 
  Burke, 
  who 
  also 
  

   took 
  the 
  form 
  salomonis 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  locality. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  seen 
  the 
  form 
  dominans 
  on 
  Los 
  Negros 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  Lou. 
  

   In 
  the 
  Admiralty 
  Islands 
  it 
  is 
  frequent 
  in 
  open 
  bamboo 
  thickets 
  and 
  

   also 
  in 
  second 
  growth 
  areas 
  in 
  wooded 
  stream 
  valleys. 
  During 
  the 
  

   day 
  it 
  is 
  always 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  shady 
  places. 
  It 
  flies 
  rapidly 
  through 
  

   the 
  underbrush 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  ground, 
  but 
  the 
  flight 
  is 
  usually 
  for 
  only 
  

   a 
  short 
  distance 
  — 
  5 
  to 
  10 
  yards. 
  It 
  is 
  wary 
  and 
  hard 
  to 
  approach, 
  

   and 
  we 
  found 
  it 
  quite 
  difficult 
  to 
  capture. 
  

  

  MYCALESIS 
  PERSEUS 
  SUBPERSA 
  Rothschild 
  

  

  Plate 
  11, 
  Figures 
  7, 
  8 
  

  

  Mycalesis 
  suipersa 
  Rothschild, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  200, 
  Juue 
  1915 
  

   (Manus). 
  

  

  Records. 
  — 
  Five 
  males, 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  March 
  31, 
  November 
  27, 
  1945; 
  

   eastern 
  tip 
  of 
  Manus, 
  May 
  11, 
  1945. 
  Three 
  females, 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  

   March 
  19, 
  20, 
  1945; 
  eastern 
  tip 
  of 
  Manus, 
  May 
  11, 
  1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  This 
  form, 
  described 
  by 
  Lord 
  Rothschild 
  as 
  a 
  species, 
  is 
  

   only 
  a 
  local 
  variant 
  of 
  the 
  widely 
  distributed 
  M. 
  ferseus. 
  It 
  is 
  another 
  

   example 
  of 
  the 
  prevailing 
  tendency 
  toward 
  dark 
  coloration 
  in 
  the 
  

   butterflies 
  of 
  the 
  Admiralty 
  Islands. 
  The 
  white 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  under- 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  forewings 
  in 
  this 
  subspecies 
  becomes 
  very 
  obscure 
  in 
  

   some 
  individuals. 
  

  

  