54 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
som. Whenever a specimen of 7’. ewphorion or P. joesa was 
seen flying about, I would take my stand near a red Hibiscus 
or other bright coloured flower, which the insect would be 
sure to visit. A tall flowering tree on the edge of the scrub 
was found, around which several specimens of the pretty little 
Oyaniris tenella and the beautiful Danis serapis were caught. 
In one of the side streets both sexes of Hypolimnas misippus 
were caught on several days. Hurycus cressida was seen lay- 
ing its bright yellow eggs on an introduced species of <Aris- 
tolochia, and amongst the flower buds of a creeper I was 
fortunate in finding several greenish larvae of a Lycaenid. 
These, later on, turned to pupae and after my arrival in 
Sydney emerged, giving me a nice series of Catochrysops pla- 
tissa. One day I secured five pupae of Troides euphorion sus- 
pended on a Duranta and though I searched very thoroughly 
I was unable to find any of the food plant, Arzstolochia, of 
their larvae in the vicinity, and so concluded that they had 
devoured the whole of its leaves before pupating. This clearly 
shows how an erroneous statement could be made ini perfectly 
good faith, for Duranta is certainly not the food plant of this 
species. Specimens that emerged from these pupae in Sydney 
are exhibited to-night. Numerous specimens of Junonia 
albicincta and Precis zelima were seen along the railway line, 
and on the open grassy places Terias lineata was very plenti- 
ful. Many larvae and pupal skins of the anomalous Musche- 
mon rafflesia were found, which from their close resemblance 
to the true Hesperid Netrocoryne repanda, leave no doubt in 
my mind, that this insect belongs to the Hesperidw. 
Later, three days were spent on the flat country nearer 
Cairns. Here on Freshwater Creek Papilio joesa was seen 
in all its glory flying around the trees lining the banks of 
the creek—in truth a glorious sight, with the green foliage and 
the added charm of the flowing water. Here, too, 0. chrysippe 
was not uncommon, but its quick flight made it difficult to 
secure. The pretty little Tellervo zoilus was also caught, a 
black and white species with yellow eyes, from which the 
colour fades soon after death. Though Delcas were plentiful 
at Cairns D. nigidius was quite absent, this species never 
descending the range. D. argenthona, however, was much 
commoner than at Kuranda. In the mangrove swamp Miletus 
narcissus was caught and in Cairns itself, I found the keel- 
shaped pupae of Catopsilia pomona. Neptis shepherdi was 
plentiful just off the ocean beach and many specimens of the 
brilliant Arhopala amytis were observed. 
The noticeable feature was the comparative absence of 
Skippers, only ten species were caught and of these very few 
specimens. The tropical scrubs without doubt, do not produce 
a large number of this group and I believe that they should 
rather be looked for in the forest country, The Blues also did 
