FURTHER NOTES ON THE GENUS TISIPHONE, HUbner. 51 



I . Port Stephens iM/vm. March. October, November, December. Tuncurry, April, May. 

 Coopernook. September, October. Camden Haven, September. October. 



This race can be recognised from abeona l>\ the deep orange oi the bands, the different colour' 

 ol the margins ol the ocelli oi the hindwing, and the more prominent markings beneath. Specimens 

 from Tort Stephens and Tuncurry show very little variation, and nearly all from Coopernook agree 

 with them, though some few show a trace of an orange discal band on the hindwing above. Most of 

 the specimen- from Camden Haven agree with those from further south ; a very few show a distinct 

 orange bam] on the hindwing abu\ e, and others have the central orange baud reduced in size, especial] 5 

 in the cell oi twenty-five specimens, only two, a male and a female, have paler bands. 



I have previously included the fev specimens 1 had in my collection under Joanna, as they were close 

 to some of that subspecies from Port Macquarie. My long series now shows that the race can be 

 limited as above. 



TISIPHONE ABEONA JOANNA Butler. 



The range of this race, of which no two specimens arc exactly alike, is limited to a coastal strip 

 extending a lew miles north and south of Port Macquarie. As shown above, the orange banded 

 ti nit! in predominates at Camden Haven, while specimens from Crescent Head, 1 hough not quite typical, 

 agree with the race morrisi. As no barrier exists between Hie ranges ,u these races, it is impossible 

 to draw a definite line separating them, but the limits 1 have set best suit the facts as at present known. 



TISIPH0N1 IBEOh I MORRISI Waterhoase. 



Specimens from localities between I off's Harbour and the Clarence River Heads agree with my 

 Richmond River types. South from I off's Harbour at Bellinger River Heads, Macleay River Heads 

 and Crescent Head, occasional specimens are found with characters tending towards those of the 

 southern race but not sufficiently so to place them outside the race morrisi. A specimen from the eastern 

 slope of the Main Divide, caught on a creek running into the Manning River and in about the latitude 

 of Port Macquarie, is of the race morrisi. This further strengthens my view that the variable race 

 Joanna will not be found at any altitude. 



In considering the change from the southern broad orange banded abeona to the narrow cream 

 banded morrisi, it will be noted that it is not gradual, but takes place rather suddenly with the variable 

 race Joanna. The change from the orange colour to the cream is completed in about fifty miles of coast- 

 line, but the influence of pattern is much greater, extending over about one hundred and twenty miles 

 of coastline. 



