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 The Butterflies of the Samoan Islands. 



BY O. H. SWEZF.Y. 



In identifying the butterflies collected by Dr. H. C. Kellers 

 on the Island of Tntuila in 1917-18, I found that there were 

 very few records of butterflies collected on that one of the 

 Samoan Group. Ten species were collected by Dr. Kellers, 

 none of which are new to science. 



Only a few papers were found in literature recording but- 

 terflies from Samoa, and altogether only twenty species (con- 

 sidering the synonymy) have been recorded. I have thought 

 best to list all of the species, with bibliographic references so 

 far as I was able to find them. The synonymy is taken from 

 the various papers referred to. A number of the species are 

 widely distributed in the South Pacific and very variable, so 

 that their representatives in Samoa are considered by some 

 authors as local varieties. 



Anosia menippe Hiibner. 



Danais archlppus Fabr. Butler, P. Z. S., p. 275, 1874, 



Tutuila, Upolu. 

 Danais plexippns Linn. Eraser, E. jNI. M., (2), V:147, 



149, 1894, Upolu. 

 Anosia menippe Hiib. Waterhouse, Trans. Ent. Soc. 



London, p. 481, 1904, LTpolu : Lufilufi ; Savaii : 



Satapaitea. 



Kellers, 2 specimens, Dec. 1917, April, 1918, 



Tutuila. 



Danais obscurata Butler. 



Danais mcUssa (Cramer). Butler, Ann. ]\I. Nat. Hist. 



(4), V. p. 360, 1870, Upolu. 

 Danais obscurata Butler, P. Z. S., p. 27S, 1874, Upolu. 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, IV, No. 3, September, 1921. 



