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the body with six rows of well branched spines: colour pale yellow, 

 lightly marbled with dark brown ; head black with an inverted V 

 of yellow; under parts black. Pupa very grotesque ; two extra- 

 ordinary expansions, like bat's wings, springing from the basal abdo- 

 minal segment, a smaller pair on the penultimate segment, and a large- 

 angular, dorsal prominence above the head: colour light, or dark 

 brown, with two rows of subdorsal silver spots on the thorax and 

 three pairs of green spots on the abdominal segments. This larva 

 was found on the same plant as the last species about the end of 

 September, but must have been plentiful earlier, as the butterfly 

 came out about the beginning of July, and was common enough all 

 through the rains. It is a night-feeder, retiring to some distance 

 often to another plant, during the day. 



17. Apdttira camiba, Moore. 



Larva long, slender, thickest in the middle ; head small, armed 

 with two long, straight, much branched spines, pointed forward ; 

 a pair of smooth caudal spines. Colour pale yellow on the back, 

 with a medial row of green spots ; green on the sides with a narrow 

 yellow line ; head and horns black. Pupa compressed, with a high, 

 pointed, dorsal prominence at the junction of thorax and abdomen, 

 from which a sharp ridge runs to the tail ; suspended by the tail, 

 but curving round to an almost horizontal position ; pale green. We 

 got this in September, October and November on a species of Celtis. 

 It has much the aspect of the caterpillars of the Satyriim and 

 appears to have similar habits, resting by day on the underside of a 

 leaf, and feeding by night. 



18. Previa ipkita, Cramer. 



As regards the form., one description will serve for the larvse of the 

 whole Junonia group, to which this belongs. They are cylindrical, 

 slightly pubescent, and armed with nine longitudinal rows of many 

 branched spines, except on the head, which is clothed with short 

 bristles. They feed, as a rule, on Acaidhacece. The pupa is regular, 

 with three, or five, dorsal rows of small tubercular points, hung 

 perpendicularly. 



In the larva of P. iphit'a the spines seem to be shorter and more 



closely set than in the Junonias. The colour is dark, dull brown. 

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