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October and November, and is almost certain to be double brooded, 

 as is the case with the race meridionalis. 



It is most likely that hopensis will also occur on Pyramid Hill 

 which is 10 miles from Mt. Hope in a south-westerly direction. 

 These two localities are very old granite residuals which have 

 been completely surrounded and partly covered with alluvium. 

 Between them, and the undulating Mallee country some thirty 

 miles to the west, lies the flat flood plain of the Loddon, which 



Fig. 4. Distribution of Ogyris amaryllis Hew. and its races. 



(1). Ogyris amarlyllis amaryllis Hew. 



(2). Ogyris amaryllis hewitsoni Whs. 



(3). Ogyris amaryllis meridionalis Beth. Baker. 



(4). Ogyris amaryllis amata Whs. 



(5). Ogyris amaryllis catherina. Whs. 



(6). Ogyris amaryllis hopensis n. subsp. 



extends northwards to the Murray. The vegetation on Pyramid 

 Hill is similar to that on Mt. Hope. 



O. amaryllis was described by Hewitson in Catalogue Lycaeni- 

 dae Brit. Museum., 1862, p. 3, and since that time a number of 

 distinct geographical races has been found and described. 



The range of this butterfly is remarkable, extending from 

 Cairns, in North Queensland, through that State, New South 

 Wales, Victoria and South Australia to Western Australia. In 



