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The pupa (Fig. i) is large and robust, with a curved ridge on the 

 anterior part of the thorax. The anal process (Fig. 3) is long, com- 

 pressed at the base above and below. Anal segment has two oblong 

 apertures above (Fig. 2). 



The imago (Plate XII) measures about 7.75 inches across the 

 fore wings. It is of a gray-brown color with the black eye-like spot 

 on the hind wing surrounded with a brick red and a pinkish white 

 ring. On the fore wing is a small glass-like mark and another in the 

 black eye-spot on the hind wings. 



5. Larva of Lohobuiicca phitdusa. 



Specimens of the eggs, larva (alcoholic), pupa-cases and imagos 

 are in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History. 

 These were donated by Mr. William Schaus. The figures were kindly 

 drawn by Mr. L. H. Joutel. 



HABITS OF EUDiEMONIA BRACHYURA. 



By William Beutenmuller. 



In a letter from Mr. A. J. Clements, Sierra Leone, Africa, to Mr. 

 William Schaus, the following notes on the habits of Eudcemonia 

 brachyura were taken. " The food-plant is a tree which does not 

 seem to attain any great size, but this may be for lack of opportunity, 

 as the bush on which it occurs has been of recent growth. It is 

 Dialium giiince/ise Willd., belonging to the Leguminosae. The only 

 near ally likely to be available as a food -plant is Ceratonea siligica of 

 the Mediterranean coast. The larvae feed gregariously and are of a 



