﻿BUTTERFLIES 
  OF 
  ADMIRALTY 
  ISLANDS 
  — 
  WAGNER 
  AND 
  GRETHER 
  175 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  female 
  from 
  Manns 
  the 
  forewing 
  is 
  only 
  34 
  mm. 
  long; 
  in 
  the 
  

   two 
  others 
  it 
  is 
  44 
  and 
  45 
  mm. 
  in 
  length. 
  

  

  Like 
  the 
  other 
  Euploeas, 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  woodland 
  butterfly. 
  It 
  is 
  frequent 
  

   in 
  rather 
  open 
  woods, 
  particularly 
  near 
  Momote 
  Field 
  on 
  Los 
  Negros 
  

   island. 
  It 
  flies 
  slowly 
  between 
  5 
  and 
  10 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  is 
  

   easily 
  captured. 
  

  

  ELPLOEA 
  NEMERTOIDES 
  Rothschild 
  

  

  Euploea 
  nemertoides 
  Rothschild, 
  Nov, 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  197, 
  June 
  1915 
  

   (Manus). 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  Kothschild 
  had 
  ten 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  Manus. 
  

   Judging 
  from 
  the 
  description 
  it 
  is 
  extremely 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   form, 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  occurs. 
  

  

  EUPLOEA 
  CALLITHOE 
  ADMIRALIA 
  Strand 
  

  

  Euploea 
  calUthoe 
  admiralia 
  Strand, 
  Lepidoptera 
  Niepeltiana, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  26, 
  pi. 
  8, 
  

   fig. 
  1, 
  1914 
  (Admiralty 
  Islands). 
  — 
  Rothschild, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  

   198, 
  June 
  1915 
  (Manus). 
  

  

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

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  Both 
  Niepelt 
  and 
  Rotlischild 
  received 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  

   splendid 
  butterfly. 
  It 
  is 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  subspecies 
  of 
  E. 
  calU- 
  

   thoe 
  and 
  is 
  another 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  tendency 
  toward 
  darkness 
  so 
  

   marked 
  in 
  the 
  butterflies 
  of 
  the 
  Admiralty 
  Islands. 
  

  

  When 
  alive 
  this 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  Euploeas 
  is 
  very 
  brilliant, 
  show- 
  

   ing 
  blue 
  reflections 
  in 
  the 
  sunlight. 
  It 
  is 
  unusual 
  in 
  flying 
  high 
  among 
  

   the 
  forest 
  trees, 
  unlike 
  the 
  others 
  of 
  its 
  genus 
  here. 
  In 
  the 
  morning 
  

   and 
  evening, 
  however, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  at 
  a 
  lower 
  height 
  among 
  small 
  

   trees, 
  and 
  our 
  specimens 
  were 
  taken 
  at 
  this 
  time. 
  

  

  EUPLOEA 
  LEWINII 
  DORETTA 
  Pagenstecker 
  

  

  Plate 
  11, 
  Figures 
  9, 
  10 
  

  

  Euploea 
  (Lontara) 
  doretta 
  Pagenstecker, 
  Jahrb. 
  Nassauischen 
  Ver. 
  fiir 
  Naturk., 
  

  

  1894, 
  p. 
  72, 
  No. 
  14 
  (Mioko, 
  Neu-Lanenburg). 
  

   Euploea 
  doretta 
  Pagenstecker, 
  Die 
  Lepidopterenfauna 
  des 
  Bismark 
  Archipels, 
  

  

  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  51, 
  pi. 
  1, 
  fig. 
  1, 
  1899. 
  

  

  Record. 
  — 
  One 
  male, 
  Drangot 
  River, 
  Manus, 
  November 
  14, 
  1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  record 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  for 
  the 
  Admiralties. 
  

   Our 
  specimen 
  was 
  compared 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  Ribbe's 
  original 
  specimens 
  

   from 
  Mioko 
  and 
  New 
  Pomerania 
  and 
  no 
  differences 
  were 
  found. 
  

   Pagenstecker's 
  figure 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  represent 
  a 
  male 
  but 
  is 
  evidently 
  a 
  

   female. 
  Pagenstecker 
  said 
  that 
  "according 
  to 
  C. 
  Ribbe 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  rare 
  

   on 
  New 
  Lauenburg" 
  whence 
  it 
  was 
  described. 
  

  

  