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The span of the female is 2-^ inches ; the male is considerablj 

 smaller. In the whole it is rare, but on one occasion I saw 

 dozens at Salt Creek, Monarto, Co. Sturt, which forms a rockj 

 gullj with permanent waterholes surrounded with rushes 

 XScirpus nodosns) . A few have been observed along the sea- 

 coast of Torke's Peninsula. 



Pyrameis Gardui, Linne. 

 PI. m., fig. 8. 



Junonisa vellida, Fabr. 

 :Ref. — Donovan, Insects N. Holl., t. 25, f. 3 ; Angas, S. Aust» 

 Illust., t.37, f.5. 



Xenica Klugii, Guerin. 



Hef.—Zool. Toy. Coquille, t. 17, f. 2 (1829). 



The last three species are the most numerous of the family, 

 and are found from September to April or May flitting about 

 everywhere, and in all parts of the province that I have visited. 

 Their eggs are glued to stalks of grasses, and are hatched 

 about June or July. It appears that they, in common with 

 other lepidopters, have two hatching seasons in the year, the 

 second being in February and March — at least in those months^ 

 another flight of them takes place. 



Heteronympha Merope, Fabr. 



i2("/— Angas, S. Aust. Illust., t. 37, f . 3. 



Is the second in size and the highest in colouring of the 

 butterflies in the province. It seems to be rare, and I have 

 not been able to learn anything about its transformation. Its 

 principal colour is a light red or orange, the apical half of the 

 anterior wings velvety-black, with two larger irregular yellow 

 spots near the upper and lower side, and a smaller one in the 

 middle near the margin, which is brown. A waved band of the 

 chief colour, connected by a line along the central nerve with 

 semi-lune joining the inner red field, completes the ornamenta- 

 tion of the first pair of wings. The posterior wings are 

 margined with black ; within the red field are three black 

 zigzag lines, and a straight line along the middle nerve. An 

 eye spot is near the middle of the lower edge. The insect has 

 been captured at Lyndoch, Co. Adelaide, and seen at Ardrossan,. 

 Co. Ferguson. 



Danais Chrysippus, Linne. 

 Has only been noticed in late years. Dr. Berge says its 

 home is the Ionian Isles and the shores of the Mediterranean. 

 It seems, therefore, to have been introduced, but how P when ? 

 and where ? Yet undoubtedly it thrives in its new home. 

 Several specimens were caught in my garden at ^uriootpa, Co. 



