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fist pair, femur, g ; tibia, 9 ; tarsi,i3 mms. 

 ] .ength of legs 2nd ,, ,, 10; „ 12; ,, 15 ,, 

 U r d ,, „ 11; „ 12; ,, 16 ,, 



Articulations of antennae, 48. 



Hab., N. Guinea 



2 . In the museum of Messrs. Godman and Salvin. 

 Upper wings rich fuscous-brown ; the white outer end 

 of the cell and margins of the veins faintly but broadly 

 indicated, being subdued by the brown atoms till they are 

 fuscous brownish-white. The whole colour of the wings 

 that of a Euplcea ; the two middle pseudoneura are well 

 defined with a dark clouded longitudinal mark between 



them. Secondaries of the normal type. Under surface 

 similar, but lighter in colour. 



Length of costa 82 mms. 



Hab. N. Guinea ; out of Saunders' collection. 



A Male in the Godman-Salvin coll. has a depth of the 

 black border of the hind wing of 1 2 mms. The costal length 

 of this <? is 69 mms. Hab. Port Moresby, N. Guinea. 



It should be observed that the shape of the abdomen 

 of this species or variety (in the 2 at least) differs much 

 from that of other species, as will be seen by a reference 

 to plate 45. 



POMPEOPTERA HELENA. 



Var. Melpomona, Var. Nov. 



6* . Primaries rich velvety black, shot with dead green 

 reflections ; veins well defined ; median nervure fairly 

 stout. Under surface similar, with a little fuscous toward 

 the outer margin. Secondaries: the yellow more greenish- 

 lemon than in Papuensis. The area of the yellow about 

 the same in proportion as in Papuensis ; the black areas 

 of the wing nearly similar on both surfaces to those of 

 Papuensis ; the sexual abdominal pouch silky greenish- 

 black ; fringe hairs rather long. The tooth-like projection 

 of the yellow into the black border between the 2nd 

 subcostal branch and discoidal nervure, is as strongly 

 shown as in the other forms. There is a tendency for 

 the subcostal nervure to branch out into a black abnor- 

 mal vein on both surfaces. [See plate 45.] I have 

 noticed this phenomenon on the lower wing of several 

 species of Rhopalocera ; and it is occasionally to be met 

 with on the upper wing. I have also seen two or three 

 examples among the Ithomicz, and Heliconidice.] The 

 pseudoneura are fairly visible in the discoidal cell of both 

 surfaces of the Primary wings. 



Length of costa 72 mms. ; width of upper wing 41 

 mms. ; length of hind wing 45 mms. ; width 35 mms. ; 

 length of abdomen or antennae 28 mms. ; of thorax with 

 head 20 mms. The crimson pronotal collar thin, and 

 only faintly seen. Articulations of antennae 44 mms. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



The type is in the rich museum of the Hon. Walter 

 Rothschild. 



2 . Primaries olive-greenish silky brown ; creamy white 

 within the cell, with black graduated atoms, the area of 

 which is i-3rd of the cell (in Papuensis it is only about 

 1 -5th) ; also a slightly greater area of creamy white with- 

 out the cell. Under surface similar, except that faint 

 cloudings of creamy atoms are on each side of all the 

 nervures, almost to the exterior margin. Secondaries : 

 in Papuensis the yellow occupies about half the area of 

 the wing: in Melpomona only slightly over i-3rd, and is of 

 a redder tint — almost orange (a yellow subdued by 

 ochraceous red scales) ; the yellow within the submedian 



nervure and its 3rd branch is whitish towards its lower 

 end, and continued in the black above as yellow atoms, 

 as is the case with Papuensis ; between the 2nd subcostal 

 branch and discoidal nervule are two faint yellow spots, 

 or wedge-shaped marks, indicating the position of a con- 

 tinuation of the yellow patch, with a tendency towards 

 forming a suborbicular black patch as in Papuensis ; also 

 a few aggregated atoms of yellow just below the 1st sub- 

 costal nervule ; abdominal margin of wing soft smoky 

 brown. Under surface of secondaries ; the yellow area 

 in salmon colour ; the marginal black border broad, within 

 which are four orbicular black spots, united by a broad 

 black line, with the border set on a sinuated ground of 

 grey atoms, which modify the salmon yellow beneath ; 

 a narrow sinuate transverse mark of grey atoms between 

 the 1st and 2nd subcostal nervules ; fringe lunules salmon 

 coloured white. 



Abdomen : dorsum, fuscous brown ; subdorsum, och- 

 raceous salmon-coloured whitish ; with 6 lateral black dots. 



Length of costa 75 mms. ; width of upper wing 41 

 mms, ; length of hind wing 50, and width 41 mms. ; 

 length of abdomen or antennae 27 mms. ; articulations of 

 antennae 42 ; length of thorax with head 18 mms. 



Length of 

 Legs. 



1st pair : femur, 9 ; tibia, 9 ; tarsi, 12 mms. 

 2nd ,, : ,, 11 ; ,, 12 ; ,, 15 ,, 

 3rd „ : „ 10; „ tz\ „ 16 „ 



Hab. New Guinea ; but locality unknown.* 



The type is in the museum of the Hon. W. Rothschild, 

 who gave me the pleasure of describing and figuring this 

 beautiful and interesting form. 



* I would here take the opportunity of emphasising the importance of attaching 

 labels with definite localities to all specimens sent home from foreign countries. 

 Simply to say that a species wastaken in New Guinea, is not much more satisfactory 

 than to give S. America as the habitat of a butterfly or beetle, or the Indian Ocean 

 as that of a shell, as was formerly the custom in many collections and even books. 

 To know the exact locality of a specimen is always most desirable. Every true 

 naturalist will endorse this proposition. 



