BY G. A. WATEHHOUSE. ' 241 



much the larger. The life-history of this insect has been worked 

 out in Victoria.* It has a very wide range, extending from 

 Brisbane along the eastern and southern coast to Perth, W.A., 

 and is also found in Tasmania. II. Duboidayi , Butler, recorded 

 from Western Austi-alia, is only a local form of this insect. The 

 best localities near Sydney are the gullies near Rose Bay and 

 on the North Shore; it is also common in the National Park; 

 generally speaking it is prevalent in the county of Cumberland 

 wherever the native Ijush has not ))een destroyed. 



H. MEROPE, Fdhr., var. suffusa, Skuse.j — A very remarkable 

 suffused variety of the female of this species was caught by myself 

 near Bowral in January, 1894. The specimen is dark brown on 

 the upper side, with light yellow towards the base, the bluish 

 spot of the apical angle being visible. The under side is similar to 

 that of the typical form, only much darker. T have heard lately 

 that a male similarly suffused has been taken in Victoria. 



H. DiGGLESi, Mii<kin. — This butterfly appears on the wing 

 at the end of the year. It was supposed that this species 

 was confined to Queensland, but I have sevei-al records of its 

 occurrence near Sydney. Mr. G. Masters informs me that a 

 number were caught at Five Dock some twenty years ago. Mr. 

 J. E. M. Russell has taken it several times in the National Park, 

 and at the end of last year I caught it both at the National Park 

 and at Clifton. It has been thought that this species is the male 

 of the following; but although I believe this to be the case, I 

 have no absolute proof, never having found the food plant. 



H. MIRIFICA, Butler. — This is a very local species, being found 

 only in very shaded gullies. It has the habit of settling on the 

 ground, and cannot be recognised among the dead leaves, which 

 it closely resembles. In shape it is like the female of H. 

 raerope, but differs in being black, with a white band across the 

 anterior wing. This butterfly is on the wing from Christmas 



* Andersoa and Spry, Victorian BiUterflies (1893), pp. 60, 62. 

 t Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. xiv. 



