﻿BUTTERFLIES 
  OF 
  ADMIRALTY 
  ISLANDS 
  — 
  WAGNER 
  AND 
  GRETHER 
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  yond 
  the 
  bands 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  oval 
  black 
  spot 
  in 
  each 
  interspace 
  ringed 
  

   with 
  yellow 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  blue 
  pupil, 
  the 
  pupil 
  smaller 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  lowest 
  

   of 
  the 
  forewing, 
  largest 
  on 
  the 
  first, 
  second, 
  and 
  fourth 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  

   of 
  the 
  forewing 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  two 
  central 
  ones 
  on 
  the 
  hindwing. 
  

  

  This 
  brilliant 
  black 
  and 
  orange 
  nymphalid 
  frequents 
  woodland 
  

   roads, 
  along 
  which 
  the 
  males 
  are 
  sometimes 
  quite 
  common. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  

   active 
  insect 
  with 
  a 
  swift 
  flight 
  and 
  is 
  usually 
  hard 
  to 
  capture. 
  The 
  

   males 
  are 
  fond 
  of 
  resting 
  on 
  bushes 
  along 
  roads. 
  

  

  CYNTHIA 
  ARSINOE 
  LEMINA 
  Ribbe 
  

  

  CyntMa 
  arsinoe 
  var. 
  lemina 
  Ribbe, 
  Iris, 
  vol. 
  11, 
  p. 
  113, 
  Aug. 
  10, 
  1898 
  (Neu- 
  

   Mecklenburg) 
  . 
  

  

  Records. 
  — 
  Three 
  males, 
  Lou 
  Island, 
  November 
  16, 
  1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  No 
  material 
  for 
  comparison 
  is 
  available 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  

   Museum, 
  but 
  judged 
  from 
  the 
  description 
  these 
  specimens 
  appear 
  to 
  

   be 
  referable 
  to 
  this 
  subspecies. 
  Lord 
  Rothschild 
  did 
  not 
  receive 
  this 
  

   butterfly 
  from 
  the 
  Admiralties, 
  but 
  he 
  had 
  representatives 
  of 
  other 
  

   subspecies 
  from 
  Dampier 
  and 
  Vulcan 
  Islands. 
  

  

  The 
  vigor 
  and 
  activity 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  remind 
  one 
  of 
  a 
  South 
  Ameri- 
  

   man 
  Prepona 
  or 
  a 
  large 
  North 
  American 
  Polygonia. 
  We 
  found 
  it 
  

   common 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Lou 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  observed 
  along 
  the 
  rocky 
  

   coastal 
  woods. 
  On 
  the 
  occasions 
  when 
  individuals 
  alight 
  in 
  sunny 
  

   spots 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  along 
  paths 
  an 
  extremely 
  slow 
  approach 
  must 
  

   be 
  made 
  if 
  the 
  insect 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  frightened. 
  Ordinarily 
  it 
  flies 
  high, 
  

   well 
  out 
  of 
  reach. 
  The 
  females 
  are 
  conspicuous 
  because 
  of 
  their 
  con- 
  

   trasting 
  grayish 
  and 
  orange-brown 
  coloration, 
  but 
  they 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  

   quite 
  uncommon 
  and 
  we 
  were 
  unable 
  to 
  secure 
  one. 
  We 
  saw 
  one 
  female 
  

   on 
  Los 
  Negros. 
  

  

  VAGRANS 
  SINHA 
  ADMIRALIA 
  (Rothschild) 
  

  

  Issoria 
  sinha 
  admiralia 
  Rothschild, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  voL 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  202, 
  June 
  1915 
  

   (Manus). 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  Rothschild's 
  five 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  endemic 
  subspecies 
  came 
  

   from 
  Manus. 
  We 
  did 
  not 
  find 
  it. 
  

  

  ATELLA 
  ALCIPPE 
  DENOSA 
  Fiuhstorfer 
  

  

  Atella 
  alcippe 
  denosa 
  Fruhstorfeb, 
  in 
  Seitz, 
  Die 
  Grossschinetterlinge 
  der 
  Erde, 
  

   vol. 
  9, 
  p. 
  473, 
  Mar. 
  18, 
  1912 
  (Neu 
  Pommern 
  ; 
  Neu 
  Lauenburg). 
  

  

  Record. 
  — 
  One 
  male, 
  falls 
  of 
  the 
  Lorengau 
  River, 
  Manus, 
  November 
  

   11, 
  1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  This 
  subspecies 
  has 
  been 
  tentatively 
  identified 
  from 
  the 
  de- 
  

   scription, 
  there 
  being 
  no 
  specimens 
  available 
  for 
  comparison. 
  The 
  

   species 
  has 
  not 
  previously 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  the 
  Admiralty 
  Islands. 
  

  

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