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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.98 
  

  

  arch 
  feeds 
  in 
  numbers 
  on 
  Zinnia 
  in 
  gardens 
  at 
  Lorengau. 
  The 
  larva 
  

   very 
  likely 
  feeds 
  on 
  Asclepias 
  curassavica, 
  the 
  orange 
  milkweed, 
  which 
  

   is 
  common, 
  growing 
  in 
  open 
  dryish 
  fields 
  and 
  in 
  coconut 
  groves. 
  The 
  

   flight 
  is 
  swift 
  and 
  seems, 
  peculiarly, 
  to 
  be 
  faster 
  than 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States. 
  

  

  EUPLOEA 
  NOBILIS 
  Strand 
  

  

  Euploea 
  nobilis 
  Strand, 
  Lepidoptera 
  Niepeltiana, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  27, 
  pi. 
  8, 
  figs. 
  6, 
  7, 
  1914 
  

  

  (Admiralty 
  Islands). 
  — 
  Rothschild, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  197, 
  June 
  

  

  1915 
  (Manus). 
  

   Euploea 
  noMlis 
  ab. 
  simplicior 
  Strand, 
  Lepidoptera 
  Niepeltiana, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  27, 
  pi. 
  8, 
  

  

  fig. 
  10, 
  1914 
  (Admiralty 
  Islands). 
  — 
  RoTHSCHnj), 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  

  

  197, 
  June 
  1915 
  (Manus) 
  . 
  

  

  Records. 
  — 
  Two 
  males, 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  November 
  21, 
  27, 
  1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  Our 
  two 
  specimens 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  variety 
  simplicior 
  Strand. 
  

   Niepelt 
  had 
  four 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  Admiralties 
  and 
  Rothschild 
  had 
  

   eight 
  from 
  Manus, 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  being 
  of 
  the 
  variety 
  simplicior. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  frequent 
  insect 
  in 
  shady 
  damp 
  woods 
  and 
  flies 
  slowly 
  about 
  

   10 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  EUPLOEA 
  SUBNOBILIS 
  Strand 
  

  

  Euploea 
  subnobilis 
  Strand, 
  Lepidoptera 
  Niepeltiana, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  27, 
  pi. 
  8, 
  fig. 
  9, 
  

   1914 
  (Admiralty 
  Islands). 
  — 
  Rothschild, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  197, 
  

   June 
  1915 
  (Manus). 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  E. 
  nohilis. 
  It 
  is 
  apparently 
  

   rare 
  as 
  Niepelt 
  had 
  but 
  one 
  and 
  Rothschild 
  only 
  two 
  specimens. 
  We 
  

   did 
  not 
  find 
  it. 
  

  

  A 
  male 
  was 
  collected 
  by 
  Emil 
  Bogen 
  at 
  Lorengau, 
  Manus, 
  on 
  April 
  

   1, 
  1945. 
  

  

  EUPLOEA 
  INSULICOLA 
  Strand 
  

  

  Euploea 
  insulicola 
  Strand, 
  Lepidoptera 
  Niepeltiana, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  28, 
  pi. 
  8, 
  figs. 
  4, 
  5, 
  

   1914 
  (Admiralty 
  Islands). 
  — 
  Rothschild, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  197, 
  

   June 
  1915 
  (Manus). 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  was 
  received 
  both 
  by 
  Niepelt 
  and 
  by 
  Rothschild, 
  

   but 
  we 
  failed 
  to 
  find 
  it. 
  

  

  EUPLOEA 
  NEMERTES 
  AFFINITA 
  Strand 
  

  

  Euploea 
  nemertes 
  affinita 
  Strand, 
  Lepidoptera 
  Niepeltiana, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  28, 
  pi. 
  8, 
  fig. 
  11, 
  

   1914 
  (Admiralty 
  Islands). 
  — 
  Rothschild, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  197, 
  

   June 
  1915 
  (Manus). 
  

  

  Records. 
  — 
  Four 
  males, 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  March 
  15, 
  November 
  15, 
  21, 
  

   1945. 
  Three 
  females, 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  March 
  15, 
  20, 
  1945 
  ; 
  Manus, 
  Decem- 
  

   ber 
  1, 
  1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  ^There 
  is 
  considerable 
  variation 
  in 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   marginal 
  spots. 
  In 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  they 
  are 
  small, 
  only 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wing 
  being 
  present 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface. 
  

  

  