182 Mr. G. F. Mathew’s life-histories of 
rapidly, and occasionally extends its wings rigidly and 
soars for a short distance, something after the fashion of 
Neptis or Limenitis, and when it alights, which it does 
very abruptly, it usually selects the under part of a leaf, 
where it rests with its wings widely expanded and 
appressed. On September 13th, 1884, I found several 
larve of this Hesperid in cocoons composed of a single 
leaf of a species of Eugenia. The leaf selected for the 
cocoon was doubled over upon itself, and the edges 
brought together until it formed a completely sheltered 
tent, having a round opening, evidently gnawed after- 
wards, facing the stalk, which was strongly fastened by 
silk to the branch. The leaves forming these cocoons 
had perished and turned to bright reddish brown, so 
Were conspicuous objects among the green leaves of the 
tree. These larve were small, and so were probably 
still hybernating. On October 9th I met with more of 
them, and they were much larger than those found on 
September 13th, one or two appearing to be nearly full- 
grown, but I failed to rear any, as it was difficult to keep 
their food fresh. Moreover, the ‘ Espiégle’ left Sydney 
on October 19th for New Guinea, so my observations for 
the time were necessarily brought to a conclusion. On 
December 13th we returned again, but I was unable to 
visit the tree until the 27th, when I found several 
cocoons containing empty chrysalids, and one with a 
full one, which from its appearance seemed to be on the 
point of emerging, and the next day produced a butterfly. 
The full-grown larva is somewhat short and obese in 
comparison with known larve of other species of 
Australian Hesperide. Head ovate-cordate, dull smoky 
black, considerably larger than second and third seg- 
ments; face divided by a suture down the middle, and 
with a depressed V-shaped mark above the mouth; 
cheeks somewhat swollen; second and third segments 
bright gamboge-yellow, the second segment being trans- 
versely streaked with green; a small black spot upon 
each side of the dorsal line, and a large black spot just 
above the spiracles on the third segment; dorsal area of 
fourth to eleventh segments smoky black, with a double 
grey dorsal line widening out upon seventh and eighth 
segments, and diminishing towards the eleventh; a 
broad pale grey subdorsal stripe from fourth to tenth 
segments, below which is a broad black stripe to eleventh 
