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flew with and mimicked the far commoner Euploeas. It was 

 shown in the previous communication (p. Ixxi) that the female 

 proserpina was a better mimic of eleutho than the male ; and 

 the series of neplunia now received proved that here too the 

 female Danaine resembled the Euploeas more closely than the 

 male, the suppression of the greenish markings in the central 

 and basal parts of both wings being carried much further in 

 most examples of the former sex than in most of the latter. 



The following records showed conclusively that the two 

 Euploeas fly together in different parts of Viti-Levu and on 

 adjacent islands and that they are often accompanied by the 

 Tirumala. Evidence was also now forthcoming that the 

 model eleutho was at certain times and places more abundant 

 than its mimic proserpina. It was also interesting to note 

 that whereas proserpina was confined to Fiji, eleutho had an 

 enormous range over Polynesia. 



Sept. 9, 1920. — At Levuka, on Ovalau island to the E. of 

 Viti-Levu, on the same hill and within two minutes of each 

 other : — 1 $ eleutho, 1 cj proserpina, 1 small, dark, c^-like $ 

 H. holina which on the wing would probably closely resemble 

 the Euploeas. 



Aug. 11, 1920.— On Motoriki island, S.W. of Ovalau, 1 $ 

 eleutho, 1 $ proserpina. 



At Nasinu, Lower Rewa District, S.E. Viti-Levu. Dec. 

 18-19, 1919 — 1 (J 1 ? eleuiho, 8 (^ 3 ? jyroserpina, 1 '^neptunia; 

 Jan. 9, 1920 — 4 cJ eleutho, 4 J 1 $ proserpina; Sept. 4 — 1 ^ 

 eleutho. 



At Suva, S.E. Viti-Levu. Ajrr. 7, 1919 — 1 <S proserpina, 

 in addition to the one recorded in the 1919 table ; Jan. 18-19, 

 1920 — 2 (J eleutho, 2 c? pt^'^^^'^'P^'^^^^ «^^'^- 21 — 1 S eleutho, 

 2 $ proserpina ; Sept. 22 — 1 $ eleutho ; Oct. 7 — 1 $ eleutho. 



At Lami, Fiji. Aug. 28, 1920—2 S 1 ? nejJtunia (the 

 (J H.-W. scent-pockets eaten away, probably by ants) ; 

 Sept. 12 — 2 S proserpina. 



At Waidoi Rubber Plantation, about mid-way between 

 Suva and Navua, S. Viti-Levu. The following additions 

 to the 1919 table printed in Proc. Ent. Soc, 1919, p. Ixx :— 

 eleutho, 1 — June 1 : proserpina, 1 cJ on each of following dates, 

 May 20, 25, 28, June 1, 10; 2 c? on May 31 ; 1 ? on May 27 



PROC. ENT. SOC. LOXD., Ill, IV, V, 1920. F 



