1878.] ON BUTTERFLIES FROM NEW GUINEA. 643 



the principal difference being its larger size, broader white bands, 

 and longer tails to the posterior wing. Mr. Butler's description has 

 been in the hands of the Linnean Society for some time. 



GeOMETRIDvE. 



Fam. Ennomid*. 

 Ennomos testacearta. 

 Ennomos testaeearia, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 623. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XL. 



Figs. 1, 2. Dolcschallia comrii, p. 646. 

 3, 4. Myrina nivea, p. 640. 

 5, 6. hiemalis, p. 640. 



3. List of the Butterflies collected in Eastern New Guinea 

 and some neighbouring Islands by Dr. Comrie during 

 the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Basilisk.' By F. D. Godman 

 and Osbert Salvin. 



[Receiyed May 17, 1878.] 



(Plate XL.) 



The small collection made by Dr. Comrie, of which we here give a 

 list, was got together under many difficulties and pressure of official 

 duties. It is therefore not surprising that the number of species it 

 contains is not greater than it is. We make no apology for pre- 

 senting this list to the Society, seeing that several of the places 

 touched at by Captain Moresby's expedition were absolutely unknown 

 as to their Butterfly-fauna before Dr. Comrie visited them. Amongst 

 these we may specially mention the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, which 

 lie some little way from the eastern shores of New Guinea. The 

 result of a comparison of the Butterflies of these islands with those 

 of the New-Guinea mainland shows that, so far as we can see at 

 present, no difference can be said to exist. In fact these islands are 

 (as far as their Butterflies are concerned) as essentially a portion of 

 New Guinea as the Aru Islands are known to be, if not more so. 



Family Nymphalid*. 



Subfamily Danain^e. 

 Danais citrina. 



Danais citrina, Feld. Voy. Nov. Lep. p. 350, t. 42. f. 5-7. 

 Danais gloriola, Butl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 56. 

 D'Entrecasteaux Islands. 



Agrees with specimens from the Aru Islands, whence both Dr. 

 Felder's and Mr. Butler's types were obtained. 



