64 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
Borrerriies’ Wines.—Dr. E. P. Ramsay writes as follows : 
“In North-Hastern Queensland, in the Herbert River District, 
I have seen bushes and grass on the margins of the scrubs. 
littered with the glittering wings of Troides euphorion and 
Papilio ulysses var. joesa during the summer and autumn 
months.” 
Prosrgcotive Booxs.—The current year, 1907, promises to be: 
fairly active, so far as the publication of new books is con- 
cerned. Two have been already announced—one by Mr. W. W.. 
Froggatt, F.L.S. (a somewhat comprehensive work), entitled 
“Australian Insects,” the prospectus of which has been issued ; 
the other is by Mr. W. J. Rainbow, F.L.S., F.E.S..—“A Guide 
’ to the Study of Australian Butterflies.” This work will 
contain only those species of which something is known of the 
life-history. Altogether there will be nearly 300 illustrations: 
of ova, larvee, pupse and imagines. The illustrations will be: 
distributed through the text and in plates, some of which 
are from photographs direct from nature. 
EurL@a corinna, Macl.—After a lapse of about ten years,. 
during which only odd specimens have been seen, this species. 
has been very plentiful in Sydney. Specimens were seen on 
the wing in September, having no doubt reached us from more 
northern latitudes. ‘The food plant isa climbing plant named 
Mandevillea. The larva is easily recognised by three pairs of 
long fleshy tentacles towards the head, and a single pair 
towards the posterior. The pupa is smooth, suspended by the 
tail, often under a leaf. Itis most brilliantly coloured, usually 
looking like a lump of silver enamel, with faint marks on head 
and wing cases: more rarely it isa golden enamel. The fol-. 
lowing experiment was made with a larva, all weights being in 
milligrammes:—Dec. 18th, 9.30 a.m.,wt. larva, 1000; Dec. 19th, 
9.30 a.m., wt. larva, 960; food eaten, 810. Larva suspended 
early morning 20th; cast off larval skin 21st; wt. pupa, 22nd, 
when quite dry and normal, 750; colour silver enamel. Imago, 
(a male) emerged 2nd Jan., 1907; wt. one hour after: 
being killed, 300; wt. of empty pupal case, 20. The larva 
thus ate nearly its own weight in 24 hours. Just after the- 
larval skin was cast off the pupa was almost transparent, the- 
silvery enamel coming gradually. The markings of the imago. 
were discernible two days before emergence.—G. A. W. 
Morn Parasite.—The external parasite of the Bugong Moth: 
larvze, mentioned in my note in the last issue of the Avst- 
RALIAN Naturatist (Oct., Part IV., p. 47), proves to be a 
slender-bodied, orange-coloured Ichneumon,—Ophion sp P 
(Fam. Ichneumonide). The adult appeared in November.— 
Wm. B. Gurney. 
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