Delias nigrina superficially, so much so that when Koebele first 

 went to Cairns years ago, the late Mr. Ollifif asked him to look 

 out for this Pierid. It is of course really Nymphaline, and the 

 gregarious larvae and pupae in clusters, the former being very 

 like the common English Vanessa nrticae or io, are found on 

 stinging-nettle trees. It is common, but the larvae are much 

 destroyed by predaceous bugs. 



Charaxcs scnipronins abounded from Cairns to Brisbane, wher- 

 ever he stopped. It feeds on many trees, preferring Legumi- 

 nosae. The larvae are parasitized by Ichneumons, and the eggs 

 mostly destroyed by a Tcleas. 



Melanitis leda is a Satyrine, very leaf-like in repose. It varies 

 enormously on the underside, and is generally like a dead leaf 

 in colour, and its variations represent leaves in all stages of 

 fungous attack. It settles abruptly on the ground, like some 

 other leaf-butterflies. A conspicuous ocellated form, however, 

 occurs, and is very little leaf-like. Lycaenidae are very numer- 

 ous. The beautiful Lampides caclcstis is common near Cairns ; 

 Cyaniris tcnella was also noticed there ; and a form of Danis tay- 

 getus, quite constantly distinct from the Richmond River form 

 of this common butterfly, abounded ; Philiris kamcrungae abounds 

 near Cairns and was seen swarming over the bushes, although it 

 is a comparatively recently described species ; the beautiful but 

 very common Arhopala amytis was often noticed settling on the 

 nests of the abominable green tree-ant {Oecophylla). The very 

 common, but pretty, yellow butterflies of the genus Terias are 

 interesting from their variability. The pink-suffused form of T. 

 herla was noted at Cairns and Bundaberg. 



Two Elodina very common at Bundaberg are interesting from 

 their seasonal variation, but Hnf^hina pcrimale is still more inter- 

 esting in this respect. A vast migration of Belenois jaz'a was 

 witnessed on the Bundaberg coast. Delias nigidius, a local but- 

 terfly, abounds at Cairns. Several of the species of Delias can 

 be bred in quantities from larvae on parasitic mistletoes. 



The handsome blue Papilio ulysses is very common in Cairns 

 district, and eggs, larvae and pupae were easily found. 



Uf the Hesperidae, about i6 species only were noticed, the least 

 commonplace in appearance of these being the black and white 

 Erynnis cacsina and Notocrypta feisfhamclii, which flew together 



