84 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



this genus which has been found here is D. petilia, StoU. It is 

 smaller than D. plexippus, with less black and more white in its 

 colouring. It is fairly common in New South Wales and Queens- 

 land. I have not taken this species yet, but I saw a specimen at 

 Kew last season. 



The next sub-family represented in Victoria is Nymphalinse. 

 It is an almost universal sub-family, and in Australia is repre- 

 sented by about 25 species belonging to 15 genera. Our repre- 

 sentatives are Pyrameis Kershawi, M'Coy, almost identical with 

 P. cardut, Linn., the " Painted Lady " of England, which is found 

 in many other parts of the world ; P. itea, Fabr., the " Australian 

 Admiral," a small but handsome butterfly, rich brown and black, 

 with cream-coloured blotches. The caterpillars may generally be 

 found on plants of the English nettle, but I have not yet suc- 

 ceeded in rearing them in captivity. P. Lucasii, Misk., has just 

 been described in the transactions of the Linnean Society of New 

 South Wales from specimens obtained at Fernshawe by our former 

 member, Dr. T. P. Lucas, and named after him. lunonia vellida, 

 Fabr., is about the size of P Kershawi, rather pale brown, with 

 six prominent purple-black " eyes " on the wings. 



We now come to the sub-family Satyrinae, whose headquarters 

 in Australia may be put down as Victoria and Tasmania. Of the 

 genus Xenica five species are represented in the museum collec- 

 tion. X. achajita, Don, is a prettily marked " brown " — as this 

 sub-family is commonly called— with distinctly lined " eyes " on 

 the wings, common near the Yarra, &c. X. Klugii, Fabr,, a 

 darker species, is also taken near Melbourne. X. laihioue.lla, 

 Fabr., X. Hobariia, Westw., and X. Kershawi, Misk., are recorded 

 from Fernshaw and Gippsland. The former is a very pretty 

 little insect, the under side of the hind wings being ornamented 

 with silver markings. The mountain butterfly, Epinephile abeona, 

 Don, formerly known under the generic name of Hipparchta, 

 represents the next genus here. It is of a rich brownish black, 

 with two prominent orange bands on the fore wings, and is a very 

 handsome object when flying in its favourite haunts. The next 

 genus, Heteronympha, contains one of the commonest of our 

 Victorian butterflies, viz., U. merope, Fabr., the female of which I 

 consider, though not brilliantly coloured, one of our handsomest 

 butterflies. Seven other species of this genus are in the Museum 

 collection, all from Fernshawe or Gippsland, of which H. cordace, 

 Hubn., a very darkly marked insect, H. philerope, Bois, and 

 H. Banksii, Leach, are the best known. 



The next Australian family, Erycinid^e, is represented by one 

 species, recorded from Northern Queensland, where it is very 

 rare. 



We now come to the family Lycsenidse, generally known as 

 " blues " and " coppers " from their metallic colouring. They are 



