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  are 
  four 
  very 
  remarkable 
  Satyridae, 
  of 
  which 
  Percnodaimon 
  

   pluto, 
  Fereday, 
  and 
  Erebiola 
  butleri, 
  Fered., 
  are 
  mountain 
  

   insects 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  South 
  Island, 
  which 
  in 
  structure 
  and 
  

   habits 
  exhibit 
  a 
  great 
  affinity 
  with 
  the 
  Erebias 
  of 
  the 
  Palae- 
  

   arctic 
  Region. 
  Dodonidia 
  helmsi, 
  Fered., 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  beautiful 
  

   insect 
  having 
  something 
  of 
  the 
  facies 
  of 
  an 
  Erycinid, 
  and 
  is 
  

   found 
  sjjaringly 
  in 
  the 
  wooded 
  regions 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  Cook's 
  

   Strait; 
  and 
  the 
  curious 
  Argyrophenga 
  aniipodum, 
  Doubl., 
  

   which 
  probably 
  has 
  its 
  nearest 
  allies 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Chilian 
  

   Satyridae, 
  is 
  the 
  characteristic 
  butterfly 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  tussock-grass 
  " 
  

   country 
  which 
  covers 
  so 
  large 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  especially 
  

   in 
  the 
  South 
  Island. 
  Two 
  species 
  of 
  Chrysophanus, 
  salustius, 
  F., 
  

   and 
  enysii, 
  Butl., 
  recall 
  our 
  " 
  Small 
  Cbpper," 
  and 
  are 
  generally 
  

   plentiful, 
  while 
  a 
  third 
  species, 
  C. 
  holdenarum, 
  White, 
  which 
  

   is 
  more 
  local 
  than 
  these, 
  reminds 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  C. 
  amphi- 
  

   damas 
  in 
  appearance. 
  A 
  little 
  " 
  Blue," 
  Lycaena 
  oxleyi, 
  Feld., 
  

   completes 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  endemic 
  species. 
  Four 
  others, 
  character- 
  

   istic 
  of 
  the 
  Australian 
  region, 
  Precis 
  'cillida, 
  Pyrameis 
  cardui 
  

   var. 
  Jcershawii, 
  P. 
  ilea, 
  F., 
  and 
  Lycaena 
  2yhoehe, 
  Murray, 
  occur 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  commonly, 
  and 
  Danaida 
  plexippus, 
  which 
  may 
  

   have 
  reached 
  New 
  Zealand 
  as 
  long 
  ago 
  as 
  1840, 
  appears 
  only 
  

   sporadically, 
  and 
  its 
  permanent 
  tenure 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  seems 
  

   to 
  be 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  secure. 
  Hyj)olimnas 
  holina, 
  Catopsilia 
  

   catilla, 
  Cr., 
  and 
  an 
  Euploea, 
  have 
  sometimes 
  wandered 
  hither 
  

   from 
  their 
  tropical 
  home, 
  and 
  even 
  our 
  Pyrameis 
  atalanta, 
  

   whose 
  nearest 
  authentic 
  locality 
  is 
  4000 
  miles 
  distant 
  in 
  the 
  

   Hawaiian 
  Islands, 
  has 
  on 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  occasion 
  found 
  its 
  

   way 
  to 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Islands, 
  400 
  miles 
  eastward 
  from 
  Cook's 
  

   Strait, 
  Pyrameis 
  gonerilla 
  has 
  developed 
  a 
  well-marked 
  race 
  

   {ada, 
  Alfk.), 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  record 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  butterfly 
  from 
  

   thence. 
  Norfolk 
  Island, 
  450 
  miles 
  north-west 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  

   has 
  five 
  species, 
  the 
  fine 
  Papilio 
  amphiaraus, 
  Feld., 
  allied 
  to 
  

   P. 
  amyntor, 
  Boisd., 
  from 
  New 
  Caledonia, 
  being 
  peculiar 
  to 
  

   the 
  island; 
  the 
  others 
  being 
  well-known 
  Australian 
  forms, 
  

   with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  Danaida 
  plexippus. 
  Lord 
  Howe 
  Island 
  

   is 
  only 
  six 
  square 
  miles 
  in 
  area, 
  and 
  is 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  coast 
  

   of 
  New 
  South 
  Wales 
  by 
  300 
  miles 
  of 
  deep 
  ocean; 
  but 
  from 
  

   this 
  small 
  island 
  Mr. 
  G, 
  A. 
  Waterhouse 
  has 
  recorded 
  no 
  fewer 
  

  

  