142 Mr. G. F. Mathew’s life-histories of 
the back of Coogee Bay, about four or five miles from 
Sydney. A little rivulet runs through the centre of the 
valley, and here and there there were swampy places 
overgrown with coarse grass, rushes, ferns, and patches 
of Cladium, the hills on each side being clothed with 
the usual Eucalypti, Banksia, Persoonia, &e. I walked 
up the valley for nearly a mile when I came to a wall of 
rock, out of, and over which, the little stream dashed 
and splashed, and formed several cool and delicious- 
looking pools. The face of the rock was studded with 
patches of various kinds of lovely ferns, and a large and 
delicate species of Pteris (P. tremula) grew in masses at 
its base. Altogether it was a romantic spot, and well 
suited for a picnic party. Several specimens of abeona 
were disporting themselves here among the Cladium, 
which grew luxuriantly in large masses, and I noticed 
that some of the leaves had recently been nibbled, so I 
had a good hunt, and succeeded in finding some very 
small larve hiding away among the leaves at the base 
of the plant. These were evidently the larve of a 
Satyrid, and could be none other than those of L. abeona, 
which, indeed, they proved to be. I could discover no 
full-grown larvee on this occasion, but a few days later I 
again visited this valley, and in another locality, a short 
distance from the waterfall, I was delighted to find four 
full-grown larve, and numbers of smaller ones. The 
latter I did not take, as I found the food-plants would not 
keep fresh ; in fact the leaves shrivelled up before I got 
home, so the only chance I had of breeding the perfect 
insect was by taking the full-grown larve. Subsequently 
I dug up a few small plants and put them into pickle- 
bottles with wet sand, and then had no difficulty with my 
larve, for the plants kept nice and fresh for some 
weeks. A few days after this I succeeded in finding the 
beautiful emerald-green chrysalis, and during the re- 
mainder of my stay at Sydney I took numbers of both 
larve and chrysalids, and bred a good many butterflies. 
This species appears to occur throughout the year. 
I have taken it in all its stages from August to May, but 
having spent no part of June or July at Sydney I 
cannot speak positively with regard to those two 
months. 
The egg, which is perfectly globular and shining 
emerald-green, is laid upon the upper surface of the 
