130 A NEW GEOGRAPHICAL RACE OF H. PARADELPHA 
Beneath. 
Forewing as in the male. 
Hindwing markings as in the male but the whole with a light 
opalescent purplish suffusion. 
Locality : 
Deervale, Dorrigo, Ebor, at 4,000-5,000 feet during January and 
February. 
This race is considerably darker and richer in colour than 
specimens of H. paradelpha from Victoria and the Blue Moun- 
tains; while all Victorian specimens I have seen are lighter in 
colour than examples from the Blue Mountains, which more closely 
approximate to the Deervale race. 
In Victoria, I have seen specimens of H. paradelpha from 
Ferntree Gully, the Dandenong Mountains in general, Trafalgar, 
Lome, Nowa Nowa, and Mallacoota, where it occurs in February 
and early March. It is a difficult species to capture on the wing, 
preferring to keep among the tops of trees. On odd occasions, 
when it comes to the ground, it is very wary and, on being 
disturbed, immediately returns to the tops of the trees. This does 
not appear to be the case with specimens of the newly described 
race taken at Deervale and Dorrigo, where invariably they are 
to be found flitting close to the ground among low bushes, and 
visiting flowers of the Dandelion and wild raspberry. 
In addition, H. paradelpha appears to be very local in Victoria, 
occurring in small, localised areas only — ^this habit is much less 
marked in deervalensis, where specimens are encountered over a 
large area or wherever patches of gum forest occur. 
While H. paradelpha is generally regarded as a mountain 
butterfly, occurring in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, 
and the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria at over 400 feet, it how- 
ever occurs freely in localised areas at Lome, Nowa Nowa and 
Mallacoota, practically at sea level. 
