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DESCRIPTION 



OF 



NEW FOREIGN BUTTERFLIES, 



BY 



FREDERICK ESCHSCHOLTZ. 



Before I enter into the description of the 

 single species, I must previously observe, that 

 their number is not large, because the principal 

 objects of the expedition were, on the one hand, 

 the north ; on the other, the small Coral islands 

 in the South Sea. Besides, we visited the south- 

 ern climates only in the winter months, conse- 

 quently, at the season most unfavourable for 

 insects. Hence it was, that Chih and California 

 furnished each but two butterflies. I did not see 

 one butterfly at Oonalashka, during our tolerably 

 long stay, at the three different seasons in which 

 we visited it. The richest harvest, in this respect, 

 was in Manilla, though the inhabitants assured us 

 that it was precisely tlie most unfavourable time 

 for insects. 



I must also observe, that in iiamini;' the species. 



