PREFACE. \x 



coast Hue. It is a peculiarity of our Lepidopterous (Rhopalocera) 

 fauna that it is almost entirely restricted to the coast country ; a 

 very few species, comparatively speaking, frequenting the country 

 beyond the Dividing Eange, say 100 miles from the sea, and I do 

 not know of a single species that is not found within fifty miles o£ 

 the sea. 



It will be apparent from the context that I limit my Australian 

 region to the continent of Australia, the island of Tasmania, and a 

 few islands in Torres Straits adjacent to the mainland. 



I give a complete Bibliography, and I think it will be found 

 that very few, if any, works containing notices of our fauna have 

 been omitted. Many works are still inaccessible to me, but these 

 comprise almost exclusively European periodicals containing but 

 scattered references, and to but a few species. 



The species which are reputed to be Australian, but in support 

 of which the evidence is not conclusive, I include in a list, together 

 with those known to have been located as Australian by mistake, 

 at the end. 



W. H. M. 



Brishane, November, 1890. 



