April, 1928 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
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retiring president} (Mr. D. A. Herbert), who took for the 
scientific portion of liis address a talk 011 “The Sun and 
Plant Distribution.” A specimen of a very large moth 
(Xyleutes Boisduvalii) from Tambourine Mountain was 
shown by Mr. D. Curtis. 
EVENING MEETING, 19th MARCH, 1928. The 
President (Mr. J. E. Young) occupied the chair. Mrs. 
Aubrey Thompson and Mrs. B. Young were elected mem- 
bers of the Club. Reports on the recent excursion to 
One Tred Hill were given by Mr. G. II. Barker (ornithol- 
ogy), who reported having seen twenty-two birds during 
the afternoon, and by Mr. L. Franzen (entomology), who 
reported the capture and showed specimens of the male 
and female of the very rare Ioxidia erypsigramma. Mr. 
J. E. Young showed a series of lantern slides and speci- 
mens of some of the more interesting animals and birds 
seen by him in Western and Northern Queensland whilst 
a member of the Wilkins Expedition. A lecturette, illus- 
trated by specimens and lantern slides, on WHoney eaters, ” 
was given by Mr. G. IT. Barker. 
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BRISBANE BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY 
PAPILIONIDAE. 
(By R. Illidge,) 
SERIES III. 
Papilio demoleus sthenelus,* Macleay. 
Though universally distributed over Australia, the 
butterfly known under this name is in many parts of 
extreme rarity, whereas in others it occurs in great 
numbers. About Brisbane it has been frequently seen 
even flying across the streets. Atj Bulimba Point, on the 
open flats, once cultivated, it was for a few years not by 
any means a rare insect, and one year four perfect speci- 
mens were taken at one stroke of the net. It is a butter- 
fly with a great partiality for open sunny spaces, free 
of timber. Here it flits rapidly close to the ground as if 
in search of something, probably the low-growing plants 
on which its ova are to be deposited. It also frequents 
gardens where it has a liking for geraniums, zinnias, ver- 
* Demoleus, a Greek leader killed by Aeneas in the 
Trojan war. Sthenelus went to the Trojan war on the side of 
Greece, and was with those shut up in the wooden horse. 
