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THE RHOPALOCERA COLLECTED BY THE THIRD NEW-GUINEA EXPEDITION. 



42. E. callitho'é Boisd. - - 1 ' çf Coll. Baggelaar. I think it is the form privata Fruhst., 

 described as being found at Sorong and in Misol, because there are only five traces of trans- 

 cellular and submarginal blue spots on the underside of the posterior wings. 



43. E. nemertes Jierbsti Boisd. — 1 çf and 1 Q Coll. Baggelaar. 



44. E. usipetes Hew. — 3 cfcf an d 2 99 > Bivakeiland 22 Febr. and 7 March 191 3; 

 Beaufort River 4 March 1913. Mr. RÔBER has written that the spécimens from Van Weelskamp 

 and Sabang belong to the race astrifera Fruhst., but the spécimens which I hâve received 

 from Central New Guinea and those which are in the Leyden Muséum from the Dutch part 

 of the island belong to another form, which is not yet named. The çfçf want the 6 or 7 

 submarginal spots on the upperside of the anterior wings, which spots are présent in the 

 female spécimens. On the underside we do not see any submarginal spot in the cfçf and 

 only two or three subapical ones in the OQ. The yellowish brown discal part of the anterior 

 wings is large and in the 99 nearly white coloured equally in the 99 °f E- confusa japudia 

 Fruhst. I propose to give to this race (I hâve only seen the unspotted form) the name of 

 \purus" (PL II, fig. S and 8a). 



Subfam. Palaeotropixae. 

 Gen. Tellervo Ky. 



45. T. zoilus F. — 1 çf, Kloofbivak 6 March 1913. 1 9 Coll. Baggelaar. The spécimen 

 from N.W. New Guinea belongs to the race nedusia Hubn., but the çf from Central New 

 Guinea has, as far as I know, not yet been described. After comparison with the 99 spécimens 

 in the collection in the Leyden Muséum, it is clear to me that it is of no importance to give 

 a name to each form, because this species is in full évolution. I am of opinion that we see 

 hère a species whose pattern is very inconstant, because a darkening process is going on. 

 This process of évolution is an imperceptible change, going on in one direction with ups 

 and downs. It is important that I can show in figure I, II a more primitive form, col- 



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Fisruve 1 . 



lected by Mr. PALMER V. D. BROEK at Beresese, 6/3, 1907. I think that the more primitive 

 form will hâve looked as figured in I. The fourth figure represents the spécimen collected 

 by the expédition; the third and fifth figures represent the races assarica Cr. and hiempsal 

 Fruhst. Between thèse forms are several other ones, which show us différent periods of deve- 

 lopment. The white part on the posterior wings is also increased by the black colour, which 



