128 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
until I saw one flying down a street in Townsville in July, 
1910. I at once saw it was not D. petilia and its subsequent 
capture proved my surmise was correct. Though I saw and 
caught many specimens of both these species during my two 
trips and always made a point of making a mental determina- 
tion of the species when seen, the subsequent capture always 
proved my determination to be correct. The same occurred 
with Z'ellervo zoilus and Neptis staudingereana, both of which 
were new to me alive. The flight of these is considerably dif- 
ferent, and as it did not deceive an entomologist I cannot 
think it would deceive a bird. 
Skippers were not plentiful except those species that are 
found amongst the grass, Jmperata arundinacea so common 
along the railway line. I was fortunate at Cairns in discover- 
ing a new species of skipper since named O. affinis. Though 
marked like,O. marnas its habits and flight are much differ- 
ent; but for the field observations drawing my attention 
strongly to it, I would have considered the species nothing but 
a small O. marnas. 
My week’s stay at Kuranda and Cairns yielded together | 
a total of 87 species, which, considering that the time was the 
middle of winter, shows that in this district a few months 
earlier would be very prolific. 
Again I was most hospitably treated by Mr, and Mrs. 
Dodd and their family. 
A day’s collecting at Townsville on my way South yielded 
a surprise in the capture of three specimens of Aycalesis 
perseus, Which had hitherto only been recorded from Cook- 
town and Cape York. Dr. Turner a few weeks later took 
this species on Magnetic Island. Larvae and pupae of 
Corone trichopepla were found on the Cocoanut palm and 
pupae of VD. argenthona on Loranthus. ; 
After hours in Brisbane only yielded four or five speci- 
mens, bringing the total number of species observed on my 
trip to 91. 
The following list of species at the various stations shows 
that out of 160 records 121 were new to my system of record 
cards, upon which are entered the monthly records of\ the 
occurrence of butterflies for about 30 different stations in 
Australid:* The names and order of species is according to 
my catalogue publishéd by this Club, except in the case of 
the Hésperidae where I have adopted the names in Mr ~ 
Lowers latest’ revision?" * 
