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NEW RACES OF AUSTRALIAN BUTTERFLIES 



The country in which doddi was found is very steep and rocky. 

 The butterflies were flying up and down the almost precipitous 

 slopes, and seemed to be attracted to a native species of Veronica 

 which was growing there. Though not in flower at the time, these 

 bushes were frequented by the butterflies, but a search on them 

 failed to reveal any eggs or larvae. There were many other appar- 

 ently similar gullies within easy distance, but in these Veronica 

 was not growing, and no butterflies were seen. 



Fig. 5. Distribution of Candalides heathi Cox and its races. 

 (1). Candalides heathi heathi Cox. 

 (2). Candalides heathi mrata Montague. 

 (3). Candalides heathi alpin-a Waterhouse. 

 (4). Candalides heathi doddi n. subsp. 



The other mountain race of C. heathi — alpina Whs., is much 

 smaller than this race, and can at once be distinguished by the 

 grey -brown underside of both sexes. 



Candalides heathi heathi Cox was first described in 1873 from 

 specimens caught at Bridgewater near Adelaide. This species 

 has a wide distribution in southern and eastern Australia, ranging 

 from Blackwater which is 110 miles west from Rockhampton on 

 the Longreach railway, southwards, and round to Geraldton in 

 Western Australia. It has developed several geographical races, 



