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NOTES ON TASMANIAN BUTTERFLIES. 

 By G. H. Hardy. 



[Received July, 1917. Read loth August, 1917. Issued 

 separately 'J'Jud January, 1918.] 



Nesoxenica elia, W Sr L- 



llah. Cradle Mt., Jan., 1917. Very abundant. 



.V. leprea does not occur on Cradle Mt. I identified 

 the spci^es originally from a hind wing alone, the re- 

 mainder of the insect being badly attacked by "anthre- 

 nus.,' y. elia differs from Ititrta by the colour being 

 dull yellow instead of a bright cream, its being slightly 

 larger in size, and a little less full in the wing. iho 

 species is very common on Cravilt Jit. and vicinity. 



Orei.xe.nica flynm, lltirdii. 



}I(ih. Cradle IMt., Jan.. 1917. Very abundant. 



A long series of this species was procured ; there is 

 not s^o much difference between this species and the main- 

 land orir/iirra, as the description of the type indicates. 

 The space between the basal spots and the discal hpot.s is 

 not always of uniform width, and the basal discal spots 

 are often joined in the female, and nearly always in the 

 male. There is, however, a second ocellus, very rarely 

 entirely missing in the subapical band, in both male and 

 female, and the species is cexlainly a darker race than 

 the mainland form. 



AppIAS EGA, Boin/. 



Hdh. Launceston, 2'2nd Jan., 1917, 1 specimen, 

 female. 



A new record for Tasmania. The specimen was taken 

 by Mr. F. M. Littler, in a Laurceston garden. 



HeSPERILLA CYCLOSriLA, J/. iV L. 



Hah. Latrobe. 1st Jan., 1915, 1 female. 



This rare "skipper" differs from flotinyoa by having 

 the yellow central patch^ of the hind wings reduced, and 

 in having on the underside silvery white spots in place of 

 the small black dots minutely centred whit'C. 



