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Memorandum on the Butterflies Etc of Caroline Island Collections by Dr J Palisa Identifications by Dr Arthur Butler and Mr Hermann Strecker
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From page 98... ... Many of the fish are timid, and dart quickly away upon the slightest provocation, while others appear indifferent to capture, and may be easily caught with the hand. The basins and indentations of the outer reef afford safe retreats for many wonderful forms that live in these warm seas. Read the entire page →
From page 99... ... . i wings above, velvety, blackish-piceous, with the sinuations of the cilia white; primaries with a large, irregular, oblique patch of glossy ultramarine blue, inclosing an obhque oval lilac patch, irrorated with white scales immediately beyond the cell j an oblique, unequally trifid, subapical spot, the two upper divisious of which are snow-white, and the inferior division uUra marine, irrorated with lilac; secondaries with a large subquadrate central patch of glossy ultra marine, its inner edge straight, limited by the first median branch, its other edges undulated between each parr of veins; this patch incloses a small central aggregation of lilac scales; abdominal area purplish brown, with pale sandy-brown inner edge; body blackish; head and palpi white spotted; antennal club tipped with bright cupreous; under surface very similar to that of ff. Read the entire page →
From page 100... ... at the end of the cell of the same color; a broad, smoky-brown, external border, widest on costa and gradually narrowing to external angle, its inner edge darkest, forming an ill-defined band; secondaries dark chocolate-brown, traversed from center of costa to anal angle by a broad, bright, ochreous band, Its ipner edge dentated, its outer edge sinuous (geschwungen) ; body grayish-brown above, the abdomen evidently with yellow lateral spots, but the body of the type is a good deal rubbed, having lost its lateral and anal tufts; wings below smoky-brown, inclining to chocolate; pnmaries with paler internal border; base streaked with whitish; secondaries whitish at base; abdominal area chrome j'ellow, excepting at anal angle; a broad pale band, mottled with red-brown, from the abdominal area to the costa; head below white; pectus sordid white; venter smoky grayish-brown, with white-frmged black-edged posterior margins to the segments; expanse of wings 48 millimeters. Read the entire page →
From page 101... ... nov. Primaries triangular, bioader in the male than the female, and with the costal border angularly expanded, thickened at the edge to basal third, where it is succeeded by a rather deep impression, bounded in part by a well defined ridge; costal vein short, extending to the angle at extremity of thickened basal border; cell open, short in the male, extending to about the basal third; slightly longer in the female; subcostal vein five-branched; the first branch emitted before the end of the cell; m the male near to base and much abbreviated; second to fourth branches beyond the cell from main stem; the second branch in the male emitted at some distance beyond the cell; the fourth branch running to apex in continuation of main stem; fifth branch emitted separately from anterior angle of cell and close to upper radial; the two latter nervures are elbowed and widely divergent m the male; discocellnlar veinlet obsolete; the lower radial and the three median branches are emitted close together, so that the median vein becomes quadriramose; submedian normal; secondanes cuneiform, with angles rounded off, narrower and more elongated in male than female; costal margin m male about as long again as abdominal margin; frenum long, single, held by a broad upcurved patch of long scales near base of inner border'of primaries; costal vein obsolete; subcostal thickened toward base, emitting its two branches from a long footstalk beyond the cell; the latter short, closed by a feebly indicated incurved discocellnlar veinlet; two radials present (probably to compensate for loss of costal vein) Read the entire page →

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... Many of the fish are timid, and dart quickly away upon the slightest provocation, while others appear indifferent to capture, and may be easily caught with the hand. The basins and indentations of the outer reef afford safe retreats for many wonderful forms that live in these warm seas.

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... . i wings above, velvety, blackish-piceous, with the sinuations of the cilia white; primaries with a large, irregular, oblique patch of glossy ultramarine blue, inclosing an obhque oval lilac patch, irrorated with white scales immediately beyond the cell j an oblique, unequally trifid, subapical spot, the two upper divisious of which are snow-white, and the inferior division uUra marine, irrorated with lilac; secondaries with a large subquadrate central patch of glossy ultra marine, its inner edge straight, limited by the first median branch, its other edges undulated between each parr of veins; this patch incloses a small central aggregation of lilac scales; abdominal area purplish brown, with pale sandy-brown inner edge; body blackish; head and palpi white spotted; antennal club tipped with bright cupreous; under surface very similar to that of ff.

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From page 100...

... at the end of the cell of the same color; a broad, smoky-brown, external border, widest on costa and gradually narrowing to external angle, its inner edge darkest, forming an ill-defined band; secondaries dark chocolate-brown, traversed from center of costa to anal angle by a broad, bright, ochreous band, Its ipner edge dentated, its outer edge sinuous (geschwungen) ; body grayish-brown above, the abdomen evidently with yellow lateral spots, but the body of the type is a good deal rubbed, having lost its lateral and anal tufts; wings below smoky-brown, inclining to chocolate; pnmaries with paler internal border; base streaked with whitish; secondaries whitish at base; abdominal area chrome j'ellow, excepting at anal angle; a broad pale band, mottled with red-brown, from the abdominal area to the costa; head below white; pectus sordid white; venter smoky grayish-brown, with white-frmged black-edged posterior margins to the segments; expanse of wings 48 millimeters.

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From page 101...

... nov. Primaries triangular, bioader in the male than the female, and with the costal border angularly expanded, thickened at the edge to basal third, where it is succeeded by a rather deep impression, bounded in part by a well defined ridge; costal vein short, extending to the angle at extremity of thickened basal border; cell open, short in the male, extending to about the basal third; slightly longer in the female; subcostal vein five-branched; the first branch emitted before the end of the cell; m the male near to base and much abbreviated; second to fourth branches beyond the cell from main stem; the second branch in the male emitted at some distance beyond the cell; the fourth branch running to apex in continuation of main stem; fifth branch emitted separately from anterior angle of cell and close to upper radial; the two latter nervures are elbowed and widely divergent m the male; discocellnlar veinlet obsolete; the lower radial and the three median branches are emitted close together, so that the median vein becomes quadriramose; submedian normal; secondanes cuneiform, with angles rounded off, narrower and more elongated in male than female; costal margin m male about as long again as abdominal margin; frenum long, single, held by a broad upcurved patch of long scales near base of inner border'of primaries; costal vein obsolete; subcostal thickened toward base, emitting its two branches from a long footstalk beyond the cell; the latter short, closed by a feebly indicated incurved discocellnlar veinlet; two radials present (probably to compensate for loss of costal vein)

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Memorandum on the Butterflies Etc of Caroline Island Collections by Dr J Palisa Identifications by Dr Arthur Butler and Mr Hermann Strecker Pages 98-101

Memorandum on the Butterflies Etc of Caroline Island Collections by Dr J Palisa Identifications by Dr Arthur Butler and Mr Hermann Strecker
Pages 98-101