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List of Diurnal Lepidoptera about Bal- 

 HANNAH, Co. Adelaide, 



WITH descriptions OF NEW OR LITTLE-KNOWN SPECIES. 



By E. GrUEST, Local Correspondent. 

 [Read May 2, 1882.J 



Considering the acknowledged paucity of South Australian 

 Papilionidae, this locality must be reckoned a fairly good one 

 for this family, as I have collected fifteen species in three years. 

 These and two species known to exist, but not in my cabinet, 

 make a total of seventeen species for this very limited area of 

 about three miles radius. A species of Synemon occurs, but I 

 do not consider it a butterfly. 



1. — Pieris Aganippe. 

 This is not very common, especially the male. I believe it 

 is generally considered double-brooded, but in this locality at 

 any rate 1 am almost sure this is not the case. The eggs are 

 lain in the spring, and the imago emerges early in autumn, 

 which is the only time when I have ever seen the male. The 

 female passes the winter in some secure spot, and is seen 

 commonly in early spring, but they pair in the autumn, and 

 the male seldom or never survives. 



2. — Terias smilax. 

 Common some years in October ; entirely absent in others. 

 It is sometimes — but I think abnormally — double-brooded, as 

 I have more than once seen single specimens in March. 



3.— Pyrameis itea. 

 Not uncommon most years in October, but I am uncertain 

 whether there is one brood or two. It flies in the autumn, and 

 some at least of the females pass the winter in hollow trees, 

 &c., where I have found them in August. 



4. — Pyrameis cardui. 

 Very abundant. The same remarks apply to this species as 

 to P. itea. 



5. — Juno velleda. 

 A^ery abundant. Flies all the year round except in depth of 

 winter, when it hides away like the two preceding insects. I 



