The ACRAEINAE contains a single species, belonging to the typical Genus _Acraea_, which is found from North Queensland to Sydney. _A. andromacha_ measures 2¾ inches across the wings; is blackish brown; the fore wings are transparent with dull brown markings; the hind pair are opaque, creamy white, edged with brown; it always looks as though badly rubbed. It has a range from New Guinea, Fiji, and Samoa into Australia. The yellowish brown caterpillar clothed with branched fleshy spines, feeds upon the passion vine, and is not uncommon in Sydney gardens. * * * * * The NYMPHALINAE comprise a number of handsome butterflies, which differ from the previous ones in having the cells of both pairs of wings open or imperfectly closed. The larvae are very variable, some being slender hairy caterpillars or armed with spines and tubercles; others are short and cylindrical, furnished with horns upon the head. The fine East Indian Genus _Cethosia_ is represented by three species: the Crimson-winged Butterfly, _C. cydippe_, is not an uncommon insect in North Queensland frequenting the clearings on the edge of the scrub; it measures 3½ inches across the large rounded wings, the hind margin of the second pair being deeply scalloped; the central portion of both surrounding the body is bright red, the outer deep purple, with white markings toward the tips of the front pair; and the under surface of both is barred and spotted. _Cynthia ada_, ranging from Brisbane to Thursday Island, is a large light ochreous yellow butterfly, with a dark line diagonally crossing both wings from the middle of the fore pair to the level of the tip of the body; a double band of crenulated markings encircle the wings; and there are a pair of eye spots on the hind ones. _Cupha prosope_ is the representative of another northern genus ranging from the Richmond River N.S.W. to Thursday Island. It is a medium sized butterfly with dark orange coloured wings, the front pair tipped and edged with black; all the under-surface is pale orange yellow, mottled and barred, with a row of eye spots round the edge of the wings. The Australian Fritillary, _Argynnis inconstans_, measures about 3 inches across the wings; it is of a uniform dull yellow colour with a double row of black spots along the edge of the wings, with the inner portion covered with an irregular pattern of spots and dashes. It is common along the cleared tracks in the Queensland jungle, and has been recorded from as far south as Hunter River, N.S. Wales. _Pyrameis kershawi_, figured and described by McCoy from Victoria, is found throughout Australia, and is so closely related to the “Painted Lady,” _P. cardui_, of Europe, that it was until lately only considered a variety. It measures under 2 inches across the wings; its general colour is dull brown mottled and barred with black and white. The larvae feed upon “everlastings” (_Heliochrysum_) and the introduced