﻿BUTTERFLIES 
  OF 
  ADMIRALTY 
  ISLANDS 
  — 
  WAGNER 
  AND 
  GRETHER 
  167 
  

  

  In 
  grassy 
  fields 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  brushy 
  edges 
  of 
  woods 
  this 
  butterfly 
  

   is 
  common 
  to 
  abundant. 
  In 
  a 
  weedy 
  coconut 
  grove 
  just 
  east 
  of 
  

   Lorengau, 
  Manus, 
  it 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  numerous. 
  It 
  flies 
  low 
  with 
  a 
  jerky 
  

   flight 
  for 
  short 
  distances 
  among 
  the 
  grasses. 
  

  

  Subfamily 
  Morphinae 
  

  

  TAENARIS 
  PIIORCAS 
  URANUS 
  Staudinger 
  

  

  Tenaris 
  ana^hleps 
  uranus 
  Staudinger, 
  Exot. 
  Schmett., 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  200, 
  1888 
  (New 
  

  

  Britain, 
  by 
  error, 
  New 
  Ireland), 
  

   Taenaris 
  pJiorcas 
  uranus 
  Rothschild, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  201, 
  June 
  1915 
  

  

  (Manus), 
  

  

  Records. 
  — 
  Five 
  males, 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  November 
  16, 
  1944, 
  March 
  8, 
  

   November 
  30, 
  1945, 
  Four 
  females, 
  March 
  20, 
  Aj^ril 
  1, 
  November 
  17, 
  

   21, 
  1945, 
  

  

  Emil 
  Bogen 
  captured 
  a 
  specimen 
  at 
  Lorengati, 
  Manus, 
  on 
  October 
  1, 
  

   1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  Rothschild 
  had 
  eight 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  butterfly 
  from 
  

   Manus, 
  Compared 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  subspecies 
  of 
  T. 
  phorcas 
  this 
  one 
  is 
  

   very 
  dark, 
  and 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  Admiralty 
  Islands 
  average 
  darker 
  

   than 
  those 
  from 
  the 
  Bismarck 
  Archipelago. 
  

  

  A 
  conspicuious 
  butterfly 
  in 
  the 
  Admiralties, 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  most 
  fre- 
  

   quent 
  in 
  dry 
  hilly 
  woods. 
  In 
  flight 
  the 
  wings 
  move 
  rather 
  slowly, 
  

   but 
  the 
  insect 
  is 
  agile 
  and 
  is 
  an 
  adept 
  at 
  dodging 
  through 
  brush 
  close 
  

   to 
  the 
  ground. 
  When 
  flushed 
  it 
  usually 
  flies 
  for 
  only 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  

   and 
  is 
  easily 
  caught. 
  

  

  Subfamily 
  Nymphalinae 
  

  

  PRECIS 
  VELLIDA 
  BISMARKIANA 
  (B. 
  Hagcn) 
  

  

  Junonia 
  vellida 
  var. 
  hlsmarlciana 
  B. 
  Hagen, 
  Jahresb. 
  Nassauischen 
  Ver, 
  fiir 
  

   Naturk., 
  Jahrg. 
  49, 
  p. 
  86, 
  1897 
  (Neupommern), 
  

  

  Records. 
  — 
  Five 
  males, 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  March 
  30, 
  April 
  1, 
  November 
  13, 
  

   16, 
  30, 
  1945. 
  Five 
  females, 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  March 
  20, 
  30, 
  April 
  1, 
  Novem- 
  

   ber 
  16, 
  1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  has 
  not 
  previously 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  the 
  Ad- 
  

   miralty 
  Islands, 
  It 
  is 
  surprising 
  that 
  Kothschild 
  received 
  no 
  speci- 
  

   ments 
  from 
  this 
  region. 
  

  

  This 
  butterfly 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  dry 
  open 
  fields. 
  Here 
  it 
  resembles 
  its 
  

   relatives 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  in 
  its 
  swift 
  flight 
  for 
  rather 
  short 
  

   distances 
  over 
  the 
  grass 
  tops. 
  

  

  PRECIS 
  HEBONIA 
  ADMIRALITATIS 
  Rothschild 
  

  

  Precis 
  Jiedonia 
  admiralitatis 
  Rothschild, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  203, 
  

   June 
  1915 
  (Manus). 
  

  

  