cape weed; they are slender brown creatures covered with black spines, and the chrysalis suspended by the tail is marked with shining golden spots. _P. itea_, slightly larger than the previous species, has the edges of both pairs of wings scalloped; the fore wings are black, each with three small yellow spots at the tip, and a large elongated patch crossing through the centre, with the inner portions of both pairs bright ferruginous brown, and a row of four small black eyes on the hind wings. The slender spiny caterpillars feed upon the foliage of nettles. The angulated chrysalis is often marked with golden spots. The Genus _Junonia_ contains two common butterflies, one _J. villida_ found all over Australia; it measures about 2 inches across the wings and is of a general brown tint edged with delicate white and grey markings, and ornamented with a pair of eyes on each wing ringed with yellow. It has a curious habit of flying along the track in front of one, settling on the ground, then flitting ahead again. The cylindrical somewhat stout larva is blackish brown, spined behind the head and clothed with fine hairs; it feeds upon rib grass (plantains). The short stout chrysalis is light brown marked with darker spots. _J. albi-cincta_ does not come south of Brisbane; it is about the same size, with the eyes upon the wings smaller, and the hind wings mauve, giving out a bright metallic sheen. The Brown Leaf-winged Butterfly, _Doleschallia australis_, is nearly 3 inches across the wings, which are elongated and oval in form, with the tip of the hind pair produced into a tail; the upper surface is dull reddish brown with yellow in the centre, while the under surface is greyish brown mottled with wavy lines, with a central larger bar crossing the centre and running out into the tail. It flits about in the undergrowth, a conspicuous insect when on the wing, but the moment it settles and folds its wings over its back, it is lost to sight, for its leaf-like wings, when closed with the tail forming a stalk, so closely resemble the foliage, that while it remains at rest it is very difficult to detect. It ranges from the Richmond River to North Queensland. The Blue-eyed Butterfly, _Hypolimnas bolina_, ranges from Cape York to Sydney, but is a rare insect about the latter place. It differs in the sexes both in size and markings; the male is rich velvety black; has both wings deeply scalloped, a double white spot towards the tip of each, with a blotch of opaline white in the centre encircled with iridescent violet blue. The play of colour in this beautiful butterfly flashing about in the bright sunlight with its ever changing tints of blue and black, makes it one of our most striking species. The female is somewhat larger; has the central markings on the fore wings more elongated and lighter coloured, with a blotch of fulvous red below it; the hind wings are much whiter in the centre and are only slightly clouded with blue.