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A LIST OF VICTORIAN RHOPALOCERA. 

 By F. Spry and Ernest Anderson. 



(Read before the Field Naturalists' Club of Victotia, i^tk 



November, 1892.^ 

 In presenting the subjoined list of the Rhopalocera of Victoria, 

 we have endeavoured to supply a want long felt. 



Considerable time and care having been expended in its 

 compilation, we are hopeful that it will be found comprehensive 

 and accurate. Nevertheless, owing to the small amount of 

 collecting done in the remote parts of the colony up to the 

 present time, it is more than probable that additions will have 

 to be made later on, either of butterflies not previously recorded 

 from Victoria or perhaps of new species. All those now included 

 are well authenticated. 



We have been indebted to many authors for the information 

 required, and especially to Mr. Miskin, whose labours to place 

 the Australian Rhopalocera on a satisfactory footing are well 

 known and universally appreciated. Synonyms are only given 

 in a few special cases. 



As this list is but the preliminary step towards a work 

 descriptive of the various species enumerated, we shall be 

 grateful to receive during the next few months any corrections or 

 additions that may suggest themselves to entomologists. The 

 receipt of ova or larvae of any species, excepting the common ones, 

 will also be much appreciated, and acknowledged in due course. 



Family — PAPILIONIDiE, 

 Leach. 



Sub-Family — Papilionin^e, 

 Swain. 



Genus Papilio, Lin. 



* erectheus, Don. 



* anactus, Macl. 



* sthenelus, Macl. f 

 macleayanus, Leach. 



Sub-Family — Pierin^e, Swain. 



Genus Elodina, Feld. 



angulipennis, Luc. 

 Genus Terias, Swain. 



smilax, Don. 

 Genus Pieris, Schr. 



teutonic, Fab. 



* The species marked thus * are probably not truly indigenous, but, having 

 been introduced, are now of regular occurrence. 



t This species has been known here as P. erilhonus, Cr. , with which 

 it is almost identical. 



Genus Tachyris, Wall. 



ega, Bois. 

 Genus Delias, Hubn. 



aganippe, Don. 



harpalyce, Don. 

 Genus Callidryas, Bois. 



* pyranthe, Lin. 



Family— NYMPHALID^E, 

 Swain. 



Sub-Family — Danain^e, Bates. 



Genus Danais, Latr. 



* petilia, Stoll. 



* erippus, Gram. 



syn. plexippus, Lin. 



syn. archippus, Lin. 



