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  JUNE 
  20tli, 
  1905. 
  

  

  The 
  sixth 
  regular 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  usual 
  

   place, 
  Mr. 
  Perkins 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  Resolutions 
  upon 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Packard 
  were 
  presented 
  :. 
  

  

  "IVhcrcas, 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  has 
  learned 
  

   with 
  deep 
  regret 
  of 
  the 
  irreparable 
  loss 
  to 
  science 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Alpheus 
  

   Spring 
  Packard, 
  be 
  it 
  

  

  'Resok'cd, 
  That 
  a 
  vote 
  of 
  condolence 
  be 
  extended 
  to 
  the 
  fam- 
  

   ily 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Packard 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  same 
  be 
  recorded 
  on 
  the 
  minutes 
  

   of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  D. 
  L. 
  Van 
  Dine, 
  

  

  G. 
  W. 
  KiRKALDY, 
  

  

  Committee." 
  

   Papers. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  R. 
  C. 
  L. 
  Perkins 
  read 
  "Notes 
  on 
  a 
  Collection 
  of 
  Butterflies 
  

   Made 
  Diiriiis^ 
  a 
  Recent 
  Trip 
  to 
  Australia." 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  an 
  

   abstract 
  of 
  his 
  remarks 
  : 
  

  

  He 
  had 
  always 
  watched 
  such 
  butterflies 
  as 
  were 
  around 
  the 
  

   cane-fields, 
  and 
  having 
  made 
  himself 
  fairly 
  well 
  acquainted 
  with 
  

   the 
  Australian 
  species 
  in 
  Museums 
  he 
  had 
  not 
  the 
  least 
  difficulty 
  

   in 
  identifying 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  on 
  the 
  spot, 
  and 
  confirmed 
  

   these 
  identifications 
  subsequently. 
  

  

  Being 
  in 
  the 
  Cairns 
  district 
  only 
  in 
  July 
  and 
  August, 
  probably 
  

   two 
  of 
  the 
  worst 
  months 
  for 
  butterflies, 
  he 
  saw 
  only 
  a 
  fraction 
  of 
  

   the 
  species 
  that 
  are 
  found 
  there. 
  In 
  all 
  he 
  observed 
  in 
  Australia 
  

   between 
  80 
  and 
  90 
  species, 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  at 
  Cairns 
  in 
  the 
  

   months 
  mentioned. 
  He 
  observed 
  that 
  the 
  well-known 
  difficulty 
  

   of 
  killing 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  Danainae 
  extended 
  to 
  all 
  those 
  

   he 
  observed, 
  but 
  he 
  had 
  noticed 
  one 
  specimen 
  of 
  Anosia 
  erippus 
  

   killed 
  by 
  some 
  predaceous 
  creature. 
  Although 
  birds 
  were 
  in 
  num- 
  

   bers, 
  and 
  insects 
  at 
  their 
  scarcest, 
  he 
  saw 
  no 
  bird 
  attack 
  any 
  

   butterfly, 
  though 
  he 
  was 
  always 
  on 
  the 
  watch 
  for 
  this. 
  Th 
  i 
  re 
  

   semblance 
  between 
  Hamadryas 
  zoilus 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  subfamily, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Nymphaline 
  Neptis 
  staudingercana 
  is 
  quite 
  remarkable, 
  and 
  

   the 
  two 
  fly 
  together. 
  Both 
  were 
  scarce 
  no 
  doubt 
  simply 
  because 
  

   they 
  were 
  out 
  of 
  season. 
  The 
  pretty 
  Ccthosia 
  cydippe, 
  with 
  Cuplia 
  

   prosope 
  and 
  Atclla 
  egista 
  are 
  all 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  scrub, 
  on 
  the 
  edges 
  

   of 
  cane-fields. 
  Mynes 
  geoffroyi 
  is 
  very 
  like 
  females 
  of 
  the 
  Pierid.. 
  

  

  