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  Delias 
  nigriua 
  superficially, 
  so 
  much 
  so 
  that 
  when 
  Koebele 
  first 
  

   went 
  to 
  Cairns 
  years 
  ago, 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  OUiff 
  asked 
  him 
  to 
  look 
  

   out 
  for 
  this 
  Pierid. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  course 
  really 
  Nymphaline, 
  and 
  the 
  

   gregarious 
  larvae 
  and 
  pupae 
  in 
  clusters, 
  the 
  former 
  being 
  very 
  

   like 
  the 
  common 
  English 
  J'aiicssa 
  iirticac 
  or 
  io, 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  

   stinging-nettle 
  trees. 
  It 
  is 
  common, 
  but 
  the 
  larvae 
  are 
  much 
  

   destroyed 
  by 
  predaceous 
  bugs. 
  

  

  CJiaraxcs 
  scuiproniiis 
  abounded 
  from 
  Cairns 
  to 
  Brisbane, 
  wher- 
  

   ever 
  he 
  stopped. 
  It 
  feeds 
  on 
  many 
  trees, 
  preferring 
  Legumi- 
  

   nosae. 
  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  parasitized 
  by 
  Ichneumons, 
  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   mostly 
  destroyed 
  by 
  a 
  Tclcas. 
  

  

  Mclanitis 
  leda 
  is 
  a 
  Satyrine, 
  very 
  leaf-like 
  in 
  repose. 
  It 
  varies 
  

   enormously 
  on 
  the 
  underside, 
  and 
  is 
  generally 
  like 
  a 
  dead 
  leaf 
  

   in 
  colour, 
  and 
  its 
  variations 
  represent 
  leaves 
  in 
  all 
  stages 
  of 
  

   fungous 
  attack. 
  It 
  settles 
  abruptly 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  like 
  some 
  

   other 
  leaf-butterflies. 
  A 
  conspicuous 
  ocellated 
  form, 
  however, 
  

   occurs, 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  little 
  leaf-like. 
  Lycaenidae 
  are 
  very 
  numer- 
  

   ous. 
  The 
  beautiful 
  Lampidcs 
  caelcstis 
  is 
  common 
  near 
  Cairns 
  ; 
  

   Cyaniris 
  tcnclla 
  was 
  also 
  noticed 
  there 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  Danis 
  tay- 
  

   getus, 
  quite 
  constantly 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  Richmond 
  River 
  form 
  

   of 
  this 
  common 
  butterfly, 
  abounded 
  ; 
  Philiris 
  kamerwigae 
  abounds 
  

   near 
  Cairns 
  and 
  was 
  seen 
  swarming 
  over 
  the 
  bushes, 
  although 
  it 
  

   is 
  a 
  comparatively 
  recently 
  described 
  species 
  ; 
  the 
  beautiful 
  but 
  

   very 
  common 
  Arhopala 
  aniytis 
  was 
  often 
  noticed 
  settling 
  on 
  the 
  

   nests 
  of 
  the 
  abominable 
  green 
  tree-ant 
  [Oecophylla). 
  The 
  very 
  

   common, 
  but 
  pretty, 
  yellow 
  butterflies 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Tcrias 
  are 
  

   interesting 
  from 
  their 
  variability. 
  The 
  pink-suffused 
  form 
  of 
  T. 
  

   herla 
  was 
  noted 
  at 
  Cairns 
  and 
  Bundaberg. 
  

  

  Two 
  Elodina 
  very 
  common 
  at 
  Bundaberg 
  are 
  interesting 
  from 
  

   their 
  seasonal 
  variation, 
  jjut 
  Hiihhiiia 
  pcrimalc 
  is 
  still 
  more 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  in 
  this 
  respect. 
  A 
  vast 
  migration 
  of 
  Bclcnois 
  Java 
  was 
  

   witnessed 
  on 
  the 
  Bundaberg 
  coast. 
  Delias 
  nigidius, 
  a 
  local 
  but- 
  

   terfly, 
  abounds 
  at 
  Cairns. 
  Several 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Delias 
  can 
  

   be 
  bred 
  in 
  quantities 
  from 
  larvae 
  on 
  parasitic 
  mistletoes. 
  

  

  The 
  handsome 
  blue 
  Papilio 
  ulysscs 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  in 
  Cairns 
  

   district, 
  and 
  eggs, 
  larvae 
  and 
  pupae 
  were 
  easily 
  found. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  Hesperidae, 
  about 
  i6 
  species 
  only 
  were 
  noticed, 
  the 
  least 
  

   commonplace 
  in 
  appearance 
  of 
  these 
  being 
  the 
  black 
  and 
  white 
  

   Erynnis 
  cacsina 
  and 
  Notocrypta 
  fcisthamclii, 
  which 
  flew 
  together 
  

  

  