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LORD HOWE ISLAND. 



MoyOHAMMTJS TASCIATrS, Motitr. 



MonoTiammun fasciatus, Montrouzier, Ann. Soc. Agr. Lyon, VII, p. 63 (1S55). 

 A widely-distributed species. 



Ztgoceea bipasciata, Fasc. 



Zygocera hifasciata, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., (2) V, p. 32 (1859). 



A single example, which differs from the ordinary Z. Mfasciata in wanting^ 

 the elytral fascia;. In all other points it entirely agrees with that Australian 

 form, and I am, therefore, inclined to regard it as a variety which probably 

 is not geographical, but merely individual. 



Stera, sp. 

 A single specimen. 



CIIETSOMBLIDiE. 



Chjetoo'ema, sp. 

 Many discoloured specimens. 



CocciNELLA teaxstersalis, Fohr. 



Coccinella transversalis, Eabricius, Spec. Ins., I, p. 97 (1781). 

 A very widely-distributed species. 



The other orders of insects have not received much attention from the 

 various collectors who have visited the island, but a considerable number of 

 Lepidoptera and Ilymenoptera have been obtained from time to time. The 

 latter, unfortunately, cannot bo determined in the present unsatisfactory 

 condition of our local collections of the order ; but the occurrence of Diamma 

 iicolor, Westw., and Thynnus Leacliiellus, Westw., are facts of some interest 

 and importance. 



The butterflies are represented by the following species : — Danais 

 'plexi'ppus, Linn., D. fctilia, Stoll., Pyrameis cardui, Linn. (var. Ker- 

 sJiawi, McCoy), Junonia velUda, Pabr., Sypolimnas holina, Linn., Oharaxes 

 sempronius, Pabr., Lycaena hoetica, Linn., Terias smilax, Don., Papilio 

 erecthe-us, Don., and P. Macleayanus, Leach. Of these it will be observed 

 that the species are either of wide distribution or identical with common 

 Australian forms. Two species of Sphingida;, a number of obscure 

 Noctuidas, and other Heterocera are contained in the collection of the Aus- 

 tralian Museum ; of these the only recognisable species are Protoparce 

 convolvuli, Linn. (var. distans, Btl.), Dasypodia cymatodes, Gru., Achaea 

 melicerte. Dr., Nyctemera arnica, Wh., and Asopia farinalis, Linn. The 

 Dasypodia was found in immense numbers by Mr. Etheridge and his party 

 in small caves on the sea-shore. 



The Orthoptera are represented by species of Blatta, Gryllotnlpa, and 

 Fhaneroptera, as well as bj^ the huge wingless phasmid Euryoantlia australis, 

 Montr. This curious creature is generally known among the islanders as 

 the " tree-lobster," and it appears to be very abundant, almost every collec- 

 tion from the island being found to contain specimens in all stages of 

 growth, a fact which would seem to indicate that they are not restricted in 

 their appearance to any particular season of the year. The gigantic water- 

 scorpion, Bdostoma indioum, St. E. & Serv., recently found by Mr. Langlev, 

 and a few small Nabiidae complete the list of insects known to me. 



A. SIDNEY OLLIPP. 



