UtRV'A AM' PUPJE "1 Bi ilLRll.U^ 



■54. Vvracftola perse, Hewru.ou 



(1 Mahahleshwai we have bred this in March or 

 April. In CaiKini larvae niay be found from August, or September, 

 to April at least. We* hav- ueVei Bound it feeding on any thing- 

 ex he £ rait «f Randiu dametorum, called by natives " Ghela'' 

 h ais< | renounce (J/'/ale), and never found more tshati one larva in a 

 fruit. Mr. de Niceville notices the very odd shape of this cater - 

 rfiliai'^. hinder end, but does not suggest its use. It is obviously a 

 shovel for pushing refuse out of his chamber. Ants often frequent 

 the fruits hollowed out by these larva:, probably for the sweet juicea 

 i the fruit. 



Family PAPILIONIDiE. 



Subfamily PiiiKiN.Tu 



55. Nephewfiiapingasa, Moore. 



We found this butterfly laying its eggs on Capparis heyntana, at 

 the very top of Goodhaliy hill, 1,850 feet high. We could not find 

 the plant in any more accessible place, but the leaf is tough, and 

 when kept in a well-corked bottle, does not wither for a week, so wo 

 had little difficulty in rearing the larva). The first was hatched on 

 the 30th July and ate up the shell of the egg at once. It cast its 

 skin on the 1st, 5th, 9th and 14th of August, and changed into the 

 pupa state on the 22nd. This pupa met with an accident, but we 

 found and reared a good many during August and September. 

 The larva is long, cylindrical, or slightly depressed, and tapering 

 perceptibly from the head, wdiich is large, to the tail, which ends in 

 two. short, strong, spines clothed with bristles. The body is clothed 

 with very minute hairs ; colour green with a lateral row of conspicuous 

 white spots from the 5th to the 12th segment, and rows of smaller 

 spots on the back. The chrysalis, which is suspended by the tail and 

 by a very long band, is a curious object, the thoracic portion being bent 

 back almost at right angles to the abdominal, and the head being 

 produced into a very long, sharp snout, while the wing-eases form a 

 keel nearly half an inch in depth, and so thin as to be almost trans- 

 parent. The colour is a uniform, pale, watei \ green, A peculiarity 

 of this specie m that the eggs are hud and the larva hid from the 



