Rhopalocera from the Australian region. 179 
tentacles short, curved, fleshy, and pale straw-yellow ; 
on fourth segment a short, blunt, black, subdorsal spine, 
situated in a minute orange ring; anal segment pro- 
duced, and with a pair of divergent spines at the 
extremity, the spines yellowish white above, but black 
_ beneath ; there are a few short pale hairs on the head 
and under surface, especially at base of anal and ventral 
claspers; under surface and legs smoky; spiracles 
minute, whitish, in a darker ring. When full-fed the 
larva, having previously fastened the stalk of the leaf 
to the stem with several layers of silk, attaches itself to 
its upper surface and changes to a dark green chrysalis 
with a conspicuously-pointed thorax. 
The young larve are eagerly devoured by the little 
White Eyes (Zosterops cerulescens, Lath.). I passed a 
cherrymoyer-tree one morning, and noticed numbers of 
small larvee of Lycaon upon the lower leaves, and a few 
days after | went there for the purpose of taking some 
of them, but could not find one, these little birds having 
cleared them all off. 
Pamphila phineus, Cram. 
This skipper was common at Sydney in the Botanical 
Gardens, and in other gardens where palms were culti- 
vated, but I did not meet with it in the bush. It flies 
very rapidly, and, after the manner of most Hesperids, 
is fond of taking up a position at the extremity of some 
exposed branch, from whence it darts forth and gives 
battle to every passing insect, returning after each 
encounter to the same spot, and in consequence of this 
pugnacious habit it is seldom to be taken in good con- 
dition. The females are rarely seen—indeed, I do not 
remember to have observed more than half a dozen: 
one [ captured, another was noticed depositing its eggs, 
and the others were sitting, out of reach, upon the upper 
leaves of palms. There appears to be a succession of 
broods from spring to autumn, but during the winter 
months the larve, which are then small, hybernate 
between leaflets of palms, drawing the edges of the 
leaves securely together. 
The egg is deposited on the under side of the leaf. It 
is perfectly globular, shining, and pale greenish yellow. 
As soon as the young larva is hatched it crawls to the 
