STUDIES ON INDO-AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA II. 



STUDIES 



ON 



INDO-AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA II. 

 THE RHOPALOCERA, COLLECTED BY THE THIRD NEW GUINEA EXPEDITION 



BY 



R. VAN EECKE. 



(with plates II and III and two textfigures"). 



The territory explored by the Dutch expéditions to Central New Guinea seems to be 

 rich in butterflies, of which order of insects a very large* number has crossed the océan to 

 the Netherlands. A great many of them, namely those collected by the first and second 

 expéditions hâve been sent to Mr. J. RoBER in Dresden, who has given a simple list of the 

 species received in this periodical and who has briefly described some varieties. Meanwhile 

 Mr. FRUHSTORFER has described in „Seitz, Grossschmetterlinge der Erde" two new races, viz. 

 Euploea aethiops monaeses and Euploea confusa japudia. Thèse local races are not mentioned 

 by Mr. RôBER in his list. I hâve beeu so fortunate as to find the new forms again in the 

 material of the third expédition (FRANSSEN HERDERSCHEE) ; the material of the first and second 

 expéditions (LORENTZ and Van NOUHUYS) has not yet been returned, so that comparison of the 

 spécimens was not possible. In some cases this was to be regretted, where my déterminations 

 were différent from those of Mr. RôBER. 



Besides the above mentioned material Prof. Dr. J. C. H. DE MEIJERE was so kind as 

 to send me a fine collection of butterflies from the territory between the Mac-Cluer Gulf and 

 the Arguni Bay, brought together by Mr. J. C. BaGGELAAR and presented to „Natura Artis 

 Magistra" at Amsterdam. Moreover I hâve made large use of the collections from New Guinea 

 in the Leyden Muséum of Natural History. 



LEPIDOPTERA RHOPALOCERA. 



Fam. Papilionidae. 



Gen. Papilio L. 

 i. P. priamus poscidon Doubld. — 2 çfçf and 5 Ç9 • Coll. Baggelaar. The maie speci- 



