dying with the Lesser Wanderers. By 

 then it was too late to study them 

 further. 



I he cold south-easterly winds inhi- 

 bited night collecting here, as it did 

 on much of the trip, bringing the 

 morning temperature down to forty 

 degrees unexpected on the Ropei 

 even in winter. There were, however. 



aOneled W*thB 'SgtlUlIdnglhc 'even 

 mgs. 



In order to ascertain whether there 

 was any evidence of the brown butter- 

 fly. Gcilencuru, at Ayeis Rock, three 

 days were spent there on the return 

 jpurncy, Maggie Springs was gay with 

 flowers and alive with insects when we 

 last paid a visit, but on this Occasion 

 there were lew flowers and fewer 

 insects Despite diligent searching, 

 there w,is no trace ol grass being eaten 

 by lepidoptera ai all. Again there was 

 no sign of the large blue "lly" seen 

 here in |S69 4 It had been hoped that 

 specimens could he taken in the light 

 of the recently described Panops 

 mtsirae from Mt. Olga. as Mr. A. 

 NehoKs of the Nalional Museum 

 wanted more material for study. 



The Assistant Ranger. Mr. Car- 



wood, lold of the virtual disappearance 

 of the Hopping Mouse because ol the 

 depredations of feral ens He Stated 

 that he had shoi 150 oils rccentl', m 

 the Park. 



Travelling in the Not them Teniiorv 

 in the winter nowadays is very differ 

 ent from the earlier days Heel road, 

 .ilre.nK cover manv fuindicds of miles, 

 .unl olhcrs are being upgraded in pre- 

 paialion lot sealing. The contract has 

 hecn let for the sealing of the "Broken 

 Spring Highway" south Iroin Alia- 

 Springs; and theie is even a team now 

 working on the road to Roper Bin. 

 which not many years ago took 

 neallv a week lo negotiate. We were 

 able to cover the 9,750 miles in nine 

 weeks ^uite comfortably without anj 

 trouhlc. in a conventional slalinn 

 wagon. 



As there have been over 1 0(1 species 

 ol butterllies recorded from the 

 Northern lenitoi). it would seem that 

 there is a considerable drop in tht 

 number of species on the wing aftet 

 the end ol the wet season. 



I'. M. Angel, in his paper on Ins 

 collecting tup to the Tvrniorv wild 

 F. E. Parsons I '/ram. S6t S 



Altst,, 74 (I I March. I9SJJ lists 59 



