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122 Marsden: Collecting trip to Australia Vol. 22, no. 2
euphorion (Gray). This butterfly was flying thirty to sixty feet above the ground and was out of the reach of my net. After waiting a long time the Birdwing came within reach and was netted.
Acknowledgments
The author is grateful to Dr. Murray S. Upton of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization of Australia and to Mr. Norman B. Tindale of the South Australian Museum for their advice concerning the planning of the trip. I would also like to thank Dr. G. T. Riegel of Eastern Illinois University for his encouragement and help regarding my first collecting venture into the tropics.
Literature Cited
Common, I. F. B., 1964. Australian butterflies, Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, Australia. Barrett, C, and Burns, A. N., 1951. Butterflies of Australia and New Guinea, N. H. Seward Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia, 187 pp.
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FIRST RECORD OF LARVAL FOODPLANT IN TEXAS FOR EVERES COMYNTAS (LYCAENIDAE)
This is the first record of rearing of the "tailed blue" on any foodplant in Texas. Eggs were collected on Lespedeza texana Britton (Leguminosae) at Edge Falls, Kendall County. This plant occurs in calciferous soils of north central and hill country areas of Texas. Ova were collected on 11 September 1967 and an adult emerged 7 October 1967 with a total immature period of 25 days. Cannibalism was noted among the larvae. Feeding was limited to immature seed pods and flower buds. There remains some confusion as to the sub-specificity of the reared example, as it does not compare with the paratypes of Everes c. texana R. H. Chermock in the collection of R. O. Kendall. I wish to extend sincere thanks to R. O. Kendall for assistance in preparing this note.—Joseph F. Doyle III, 6127 Thunder, San Antonio, Texas.
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