. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. '• h THE BUGONG. 513 ,^' ricliness exceeding the power of man to imitate, and more than realizes the mctamorpliosis acliievcd by the fairy godmother's wand. This transformation is confined to the upper wiii<,'H, tlie lower retaining their simple brown hue. The upper wings are s|)rinkled with snine pale spots. The under side is greyish brown, marked with spots similar to those on the upper surface. TKiiHAPS the most interesting oftliese butterflies
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. '• h THE BUGONG. 513 ,^' ricliness exceeding the power of man to imitate, and more than realizes the mctamorpliosis acliievcd by the fairy godmother's wand. This transformation is confined to the upper wiii<,'H, tlie lower retaining their simple brown hue. The upper wings are s|)rinkled with snine pale spots. The under side is greyish brown, marked with spots similar to those on the upper surface. TKiiHAPS the most interesting oftliese butterflies is the now celebrated BuGONO {Euplcea Jiamdfa), the so-called " moth " on which the aborigines of New South Wales are in the habit of feeding. The Bugong is found chiefly upon a range of granite hills called the 13ugong , and it is rather remarkable that tlie insects congregate upon the outcropping granite masses in preference to the wooded sides of the mountains, and are found in cfi'efitest plenty at a consider- able elevation. Mr. G. Bennett visited these mountains for the purpose of investiga- tinfj the subject, and in his ""Wanderings" gives the follow- inj; interesting account of the Bugong:— "The Bugong moths, as I have before observed, collect on the surfaces and also in the crevices of the masses of granite in incredible quantities. To procure with greater facihty, the natives make smothered fires underneath those rocks about which they are collected, and suffocate them with smoke, at the same time sweeping them off, frequently in baskets-full at a time. After they have collected a large quantity, they proceed to pre- pare them, which is done in the following manner. A circular space is cleared (111 tlio ground, of a size ])ro- ])orti()iied to tlie number of insects to be prepared. On it a fire is lighted, and kept Imriiing ur.:il the ground is considered to be sufficiently healed, when, the fire being removed,
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