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All allied bat larger species, Hypolimnas bolina, I have seen veiy 

 abundant in northern Australia, where the g-orse hedgnes covered with 

 yellow blossoms were a great attraction to it. One could approach 

 closely and take these hue insects with little dit'He-ulty. Oh I but 

 they were l)eauties, many of them fresh from their chrysalides ; and 

 when one opened the velvety black and rich, sliining blue wings of a 

 captive, the siglit was dazzling and inspiring. One would think 

 tliat liaving so good an o^iportunity 1 would have captured all I 

 would ever be able to dispose of, but I am sorry to say that I have 

 now l)ut one specimen of tlie number T took. 



HyiMiliiuiin.s iiiisippiis. Female. Underside. 



It can hardly be impressed too strongly on the mind of the col- 

 lector that he should lay in large numbers of any good thing wliicli 

 he may find particularly abundant at any time. 



The beginner frequently starts with the idea that he will make a 

 collection containing one specimen of eacli sj^ecies found in liis 

 immediate neighborhood. I remember hearing a little boy talking 

 with his sister, to whom he had loaned his new butterfly net, and 

 who had just come in with three splendid specimens of Papilio 

 turnus, something after this fashion : "- How many of these tilings 

 do you think I want, any wa}^? I just cauglit two myself. Now 

 don't get any more, for goodness' sake." Well, after he has made a 

 start he begins to notice tliat all specimens of the same s[)eL*ies ai-e 



