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onwards, and may be taken in the creeks of the Port Hackmg 

 River, at Clifton, and the Bulh Pass. It is also recorded from 

 Brisbane. 



H. Banksii, Leach. — This insect appears on the wing in March. 

 An early brood may appear in November, but I have not caught 

 any then. In the present year I caught it first on the 20th 

 February in the National Park, and later at Clifton, on 20th 

 March, I caught several; all the specimens were males, and both 

 days were wet, while on the days preceding 20th March (which 

 were fine) I did not see any specimens. During Easter I caught 

 numbers of females and only battered males. The difference 

 between the sexes is not very great. The female has more yellow 

 markings, and has a white spot in the apical angle of the anterior 

 Aving, which is wanting in the female. The life-history has been 

 worked out in Victoria.* I have been informed by Mr. G. Masters 

 that formerly this butterfly was once plentiful at Mosman's 

 Bay, but now, owing to the progress of settlement, is rarely seen 

 there. It may be taken plentifully at the proper time from the 

 National Park to Wollongong. It is also recorded from Victoria 

 and Brisbane. 



H. PARADELPHA, Lower. I believe this to be the first record 

 of this species from New South Wales. In appearance the 

 butterfly is somewhat like H. Banksii on the upperside, while on 

 the underside it comes between H. philerope and H. cordace. It 

 may be distinguished from H. Banksii by being lighter in colour, 

 and by having a black spot in the apical angle of the anterior 

 wing, which is absent from H. Banksii. The female is without 

 the apical white spot which marks the female of H. Banksii. The 

 female of this species differs from the male on the upperside by 

 being very much lighter in colour, while on the underside of the 

 posterior wing it has a pinkish suffusion. This butterfly has been 

 known for a long time in Victoria, where, however, it is by no 

 means common, and was described only a few years ago by Mr. 



* Anderson and Spry, Victorian Butterjlies (1893), pp. 64, 65. 



