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mostly of small size, and very numerous. In Australia about 80 

 species, belonging to 15 to 16 genera, have already been described, 

 and there are, doubtless, others yet to be worked out. Many of 

 the species are furnished with "tails " on the hind wings. The 

 Museum collection contains about 25 species classified under the 

 five genera Lucia, Lycsena, Hypochrysops, lalmenus, and Ogyris. 

 The species of the first-named genus are easily distinguishable by 

 the bright copper-coloured patches on the fore wings. Two species 

 are named — viz., Lucia luca7tus, Fabr., and Z. aurifer. Eight 

 species are placed under the genus Lycsena, but I believe recent 

 workers have divided the genus into several, so that probably 

 more than one genus is here represented. These are the little 

 " blues " so common in our gardens and paddocks. Z. bcetica, 

 (Linn.), Z. agricola, L.phcebe, (Mur.), Z. erinus (Fabr.), Z. alsulus, 

 and Z. biocellaia, are the named species. The next genus is 

 Hypochrysops, which contains some of our rarest butterflies. 

 Four species are in the Museum collection, but none with specific 

 names. (They are characterized by metallic blue bases to the 

 fore wings, shading off to purplish-black at the edges.) The 

 largest specimen is about i yi inches across the expanded wings, 

 and was taken in Studley Park in 1882, and marked " very 

 rare." Another is marked " S. Brighton — rare," and Fernshawe 

 and Moe supplied the other specimens. Of the genus lalmenus, 

 five species have been taken in Victoria, of which I. evagotus, 

 Don, regarding which I read some notes at a recent meeting, is 

 the one most frequently met with. The other species are 

 Z my?'silus, Dbl., a very handsome species from Warragul, Lai Lai, 

 and Fernshawe. Z ictimis, Hew., from Brighton, and two un- 

 named species from Fernshawe and the Western District, com- 

 plete the list. The last family of the Lycsenidse is Ogyris, with 

 four species, two of which are from the Western District— (9.,^/^?/ <?j, 

 Feld., nearly 2 inches across, and O. orcetas, Hew. The latter is, 

 perhaps, the most brilliant of our Victorian butterflies. It is 

 about i^ inches across, and of a splendid metallic blue, and 

 rivaUing P. Ulysses, Linn., of Queensland, in its lustre. O. 

 abrota, Hew., and O. zoswe, Hew., were taken near Melbourne. 



The family Papilionidse, distinguished by both sexes having six 

 perfect legs, contains the largest and handsomest butterflies known, 

 and is divided into two sub-families, the Pierinae and Papilioninse. 

 The distinguishing feature of the sub-family Pierinae is the down- 

 ward curve of the inner margin of the hind wings, forming a 

 groove for the reception of the abdomen. In Australia there are 

 over 50 species belonging to this group, comprised in 8 or 10 

 genera, several of which were formerly included under the genus 

 Pieris. The first genus represented here is Terias, of which 

 Terias smilax, Don, a pretty little sulphur-yellow butterfly with 

 dusky tips to the fore wings, more common in the southern 



