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with a slightly concave curve to segment 7 at which they curve round strongly 

 to meet in the dorsum of segment 11, this last and segments 12-14 being invisi- 

 sible when looking straight down on the pupa, forming the perpendicular (to 

 the pupal longitudinal axis) end of the pupa ; segments 12, 13 very narrow, the 

 anal segment also narrow and forming a broad curve closely applied to the 

 attachment surface on a thin, silvery-silken pad ; segment 2 has its dorsal line 

 at 60° to longitudinal axis, is moderately broad between straight margins, promi- 

 nently convex between them also ; thorax starting at an ascent of 45'', curving 

 round to come parallel with axis at hinder margin, which margin has its two 

 lateral halves meeting in a point in dorsal line, each meeting the wingline 

 in a -widely open, rounded angle less than a right angle ; segment 4 is somewhat 

 convex on its lateral sm-faces and slopes down from thorax towards segment 

 5 which in its turn, very narrow, again slopes up towards segment 6 at a con- 

 siderable angle ; segment 7 is the highest and broadest part of pupa ; the 

 surface is depressed where the wing meets segments 3 and 4 and again at where 

 it meets segments 4 and 5 ; from these points there is a transversely rounded 

 depression, passing over dorsum on segment 5 in the latter case, another along 

 each side of thorax forward and over dorsum just before middle of thorax in 

 the former case (describing a curve forward that is) ; there is yet another wider 

 and therefore less obvious depression or constriction between segments 2 and 

 and 3. Surface of pupa shining covered all over, not very densely, with very 

 minute short dark hairs (or tubercles) the brown diamond on thorax rugose ; 

 also some lateral, brown spots on abdomen. Spiracles of segment 2 nearly 

 linear, very light brown-green ; others, green, not very easily seen, narrowly 

 oval, flish or nearly so, small. Colour of pupa light green, segment 

 2 suffused with grey, a band along depression or constriction over front of 

 thorax also grey joining the margins of the wings which are also suffused in 

 the same way ; the green slightly darker between these bands and along their 

 edges; a large, dorsal, light-brown mark, diamond-shaped, greatest length 

 along dorsal line, from hinder margin of thorax to ,',rd of its length forwards, 

 with a small subdorsal dot in front of it ; a triangle of three minute brown 

 dots, apex posterior, in dorsal centre of each segment 6-10 (these are little 

 pits really) ; a larger, lateral dot with a much larger, brown, raised ring just 

 below it on the same segments — all these dots and rings of course small. L. 11 

 mm.; B at segment 7 : 5 mm ; at shoulders : 5mm. 



Hahits. — The eggs are laid, sometimes more than one or two on the 

 same plant, in the axils of the buds, branches, &c., the young larvae, 

 emerging, eat the buds, later on the tender tips of the twigs ; finally 

 twigs, even fairly tough ones ; the pupation takes place along a twig 

 or elsewhere. The pupa with its swollen rounded abdomen, its 

 narrowed fore part, and the constricted middle, centre of thorax, &c., 

 resembles very strongly the face of a monkey, this resemblance being 

 helped by the contrast between the grey bands and the darker green 

 between ; the thoracic diamond is the nose, the lateral depressions 

 on segments, 5-6 the eyes or the ' sunkenness ' in the cheeks below 

 the eyes ; the green band between the 2nd segment and the first grey 

 band on thorax making an excellent mouth. The face is long vnih 

 a huge bare forehead and sunken cheeks and long upper lip. 



The egg-larva when it first emerged, is a dirty livid yellomsh in 

 colour with little dark bristles in rows lengthwise and others in be- 

 tween ; these, as is usual in most of the lycsenid larvie, disappear in the 

 future stages. It eats into the little, tender twig-tops and generally 



