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"Dry cowclung" cannot be the proper shelter for its chry- 

 salides for obvious reasons, but only an adaptation to circum- 

 stances where other means are absent. The species is undoubtedly 

 indigenous, and has ever been one of the commonest. It invades 

 even the streets of suburbs and city, owing to the safety afforded 

 by the protective coloring of its underside. 



JuNOXiA vp:llida, Fahr. 



The spelling of " Junonisa," was copied by me from Masters' 

 " Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera " as the most recent publi- 

 cation at the time. 



Lucia Lucaxus, Fahr. 



As regards the generic term, it is to be remarked that most of the 

 genera of the Lycaanidce are sejDarated on such slight differences, 

 that scarcely two authorities agree on the number. Hence Cuindo, 

 FolyoiivinatAis, Lucanus, tfec, are sometimes treated separately, 

 sometimes included in one or another or united under the old 

 term Lyccena as it suits the predilection of the writer. In respect 

 of this species Mr. Lower says, " this species has been confused 

 with Chrysop]ianus aurifer, Blanch., a very dissimilar species. "^ 

 The qualifying terms are evidently exaggerating, as it is most 

 unlikely that men like the late Hon. W. McLeay could confuse 

 " very dissimilar " species, even at the most cursory glance. In 

 Kirby's " Synonymic Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera " they 

 are placed close together, even bearing the same synonym 

 (Liiyibaria), hence they must be very like each other. My 

 name, Lyccena discifer, was supplied by the late Hon. W. 

 McLeay, no doubt, on account of its resemblance to that Queens- 

 land species. 



The notoriously introduced Stinkwort ( Inula grai'eoJens ) cannot 

 be the food-plant of this indigenous species (as suggested) for 

 obvious reasons, and the reference is therefore misleading. The 

 mere " frequenting," i.e., settling on or flying among or over the 

 bushes, cannot amount to the deduction that such plant is the 

 food-plant of the larvie. The food of imagines being chiefly the 

 nectar of flowers, they frequent all flowers provided with nectar 

 as occasion demands, while many plants are simply used as 

 resting places. Has anyone ever really met with insect larvae 

 feeding on the Inula ? If so, the fact would be most interesting, 

 and the insects should be fostered, bred, and protected as most 

 valuable benefactors. 



Ogyris Otaxes, Felder (1865). 

 Ogyris Idmo, Hewitson (1850-52). 

 Comparing published figures and descriptions with specimens 

 of either, I ha^"e little doubt that both are either identical or 



