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  we 
  again 
  find 
  butterflies 
  in 
  considerable 
  variety. 
  At 
  least 
  

   twenty 
  resident 
  species 
  are 
  known, 
  the 
  fine 
  Papilio 
  schmeltzi, 
  

   H.-S., 
  and 
  Charaxes 
  capJiontis, 
  Hew., 
  with 
  the 
  remarkable 
  

   little 
  Satyrid 
  Xois 
  sesara, 
  Hew., 
  and 
  several 
  Euploeas 
  and 
  

   Lycaenidae, 
  being 
  found 
  nowhere 
  else. 
  The 
  Acraeinae 
  have 
  

   here 
  their 
  most 
  easterly 
  extension 
  in 
  A. 
  andromache, 
  F. 
  ; 
  this 
  

   insect 
  may 
  possibly 
  reach 
  the 
  Samoa 
  Islands, 
  where 
  we 
  find 
  the 
  

   most 
  eastern 
  representative 
  of 
  the 
  Papilionidae 
  in 
  P. 
  godeffroyi, 
  

   Semper, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  of 
  the 
  Danainae 
  (always 
  excluding 
  Danaida 
  

   plexippus) 
  in 
  the 
  small 
  Tirumala 
  meUitula, 
  H.-S. 
  The 
  Hesper- 
  

   idae 
  may 
  also 
  find 
  their 
  eastern 
  limit 
  in 
  Samoa, 
  unless 
  a 
  butter- 
  

   fly 
  that 
  I 
  saw 
  once 
  or 
  twice 
  in 
  the 
  Marquesas 
  Islands, 
  but 
  was 
  

   unable 
  to 
  capture, 
  may 
  belong 
  to 
  that 
  family, 
  as 
  I 
  suspected 
  

   at 
  the 
  time. 
  Atella 
  howdenia, 
  Butl., 
  is 
  a 
  characteristic 
  species 
  

   of 
  Samoa, 
  and 
  occurs'also 
  in 
  the 
  Tonga 
  group, 
  where 
  about 
  ten 
  

   species 
  of 
  butterflies 
  were 
  collected 
  during 
  the 
  visit 
  of 
  the 
  

   "Challenger" 
  in 
  1874; 
  Belenois 
  Java, 
  Sparrm., 
  and 
  Terias 
  

   hecabe, 
  L., 
  recorded 
  also 
  from 
  Tonga, 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  eastern 
  

   known 
  representatives 
  of 
  the 
  Pierinae. 
  The 
  Hervey 
  or 
  Cook 
  

   Islands 
  were 
  visited 
  by 
  me 
  in 
  1883, 
  and 
  in 
  Rarotonga 
  and 
  

   Aitutaki 
  I 
  observed, 
  besides 
  the 
  universal 
  Danaida 
  plexippus 
  

   and 
  Hypolinmas 
  bolina, 
  Diadema 
  unicolor, 
  Godm., 
  Euploea 
  

   (Nipara) 
  unicolor, 
  H. 
  H. 
  Druce, 
  and 
  Jamides 
  walked, 
  H. 
  H. 
  

   Druce, 
  all 
  undescribed 
  species 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  ; 
  also 
  Melanitis 
  leda 
  

   and 
  an 
  Atella, 
  which 
  last 
  I 
  was 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  catch. 
  Far 
  to 
  the 
  

   south-east, 
  at 
  the 
  little 
  outlying 
  island 
  of 
  Oparo 
  or 
  Rapa, 
  

   Danaida 
  plexippus 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  butterfly 
  seen 
  by 
  me. 
  In 
  

   two 
  visits 
  to 
  Tahiti, 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  May 
  1883, 
  seven 
  species 
  only 
  

   were 
  collected, 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  number 
  for 
  an 
  island 
  of 
  such 
  

   luxuriance 
  and 
  beauty. 
  This 
  poverty 
  of 
  Tahiti 
  in 
  butterfly 
  

   life 
  was 
  noted 
  by 
  the 
  eminent 
  French 
  voyager 
  Capt. 
  Dumont 
  

   d'Urville 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  Coquille 
  " 
  as 
  long 
  ago 
  as 
  1823, 
  and 
  the 
  

   following 
  free 
  translation 
  of 
  his 
  observations 
  is 
  fully 
  in 
  accord 
  

   with 
  my 
  own 
  experience 
  sixty 
  years 
  later 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  farther 
  I 
  

   advance 
  in 
  my 
  walk 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  the 
  more 
  I 
  have 
  occasion 
  

   to 
  convince 
  myself, 
  that 
  the 
  entomologist 
  who 
  wishes 
  to 
  

   increase 
  his 
  collections 
  ought 
  not 
  to 
  lose 
  his 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  

   Seas, 
  in 
  reality, 
  what 
  land 
  appears 
  to 
  promise 
  a 
  richer 
  harvest 
  

   of 
  insects 
  than 
  Tahiti 
  ? 
  What 
  shades, 
  what 
  forests, 
  are 
  more 
  

  

  