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Title: The Victorian naturalist
Year: 1884 (1880s)

Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas  (1853–1936)
Alternative names	A.H.S.Lucas; Arthur Henry Shakespeare Luras; A. H. S. Lucas
Description	British botanist and entomologist
Date of birth/death	7 May 1853	10 June 1936
Location of birth/death	Stratford-upon-Avon	Albury
Authority file	: Q2865141 VIAF: 3802231 ISNI: 0000000084178738 LCCN: n81111921 Botanist: A.H.S.Lucas Open Library: OL4506631A WorldCat

Francis George Allman Barnard  (1857–1932)
	Alternative names	Birth name: Francis George Allman Barnard; Barnard; F. G. A. ‎Barnard; Francis Barnard
	Description	Australian-British naturalist, pharmacist, politician, editor and cricketer
	Date of birth/death	1857 / 26 December 1857	1932 / 2 June 1932 / 1 June 1932
	Location of birth/death	Melbourne	Melbourne
	Authority file	: Q3081456 VIAF: 40699264 LCCN: n81089221 NLA: 36356473 WorldCat

Subjects: Natural history Natural history
Publisher: (Melbourne) Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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then it will have served its purpose. This month, we shall rely mainly onphotographs to introduce the subject.Most readers will probably recognizethe adult Wanterer Butterfly in thelower picture, but all may not haveseen the other stages in the life cycle. The Wanderer Butterfly (Danaidaplexippus L.), is originally a native ofNorth America, but has spread al- most all over the world. It appears tobe quite at home in Australia. The hostplants of the banded and tentacledlarvae are Milk weeds; and the butter-fly itself has apparently no naturalenemies in Australia. Birds seem toshow no interest in it, perhaps becauseof the taste. Fig. 1. The brightly col- Fig. 2. Larva hanging Fig. 3. The beautiful jadeoured larva showing head down prior to green pupa show the tentacles. pupation. golden spots. Fig. 4. The emergent butterfly with wings Fig. 5. With wings dry, the adult preparescrumpled. for flight. Fig. 6. The splendid, showy insect—the climax of the life cycle.258 Vict. Nat.—Vol. 85
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September, 1968 259 A Record of a Coat Colour Variant in the Marsupial Mouse, Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840) In a current survey of mammalspecies in the Otway Ranges, theauthor has trapped in a number oflocalities. The main sites are at Gelli-brand River, Wyelangta and areasclose to the Uppsr Aire River. Anumber of mammal species have beenrecorded including two species ofAntechinus, namely A. swainsonii andA. stuartii. This note concerns the specimensof Antechinus swainsonii which havebeen collected at Gellibrand River.They comprise four females and onemale, all trapped in Sherman collap-sible aluminium traps baited with apeanut butter, honey and oatmeal mix-ture. Coat colour in all but one of thespecimens collected in this area is * Curator of Vertebrates, National Museumjf Victoria. by Joan M. Dixon* remarkably constant, the fur being adeep yellow-flecked chocolate brown.The one aberrant specimen, a female,differs markedly in coat colour fromnormal specimens (Figs. 1 and 2

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