80 [March, 1903. 



[That the " red " and " blue " forms are seasonal varieties of one species seems 

 to be proved by the occurrence (rarely) of intermediate specimens, partaking of both 

 colours, and also by rearing.] 



Hesperia keitloa, Wallgr. — " There is a rather large dark brown insect, with 

 white markings, which Arthur caught round the apricot blossoms near sunset, here 

 at Buntingville. We want to know which it is — a moth or a butterfly ?" 



Later—" Those brown and white skippers which were so numerous last year are 

 very nimble if you try to catch them ; otherwise they fly about very contentedly 

 settling on the Zinnia blossoms or examining the trees in a contemplative manner, 

 especially as the season wears on. I have found them at night sleeping on one of 

 the shrubbery bushes." 



[This noble " skipper " butterfly, over two inches in expanse of wings, has the 

 fore-wings dull brown, without markings ; the hind bordered with the same colour , 

 but in the male the middle and basal portions are shaded off to yellow, in the 

 female to orange-red, and both have the cilia of the portion near the anal angle 

 orange-red. The white markings spoken of are upon the male only — a very broad 

 pure white band across the under-side of the hind-wings, the basal and hinder 

 portions of these wings being deep rich brown ; in the female there is no trace of 

 this white band, but there are rich orange blotches and large black spots toward the 

 anal angle ; in both sexes the fore-wings are plain brown on the under-side. The 

 larva, which my sister has found commonly upon Acacia, and of which she has 

 reared a good many, figures thus — Plumply rounded, but the second and third 

 segments more slender, and forming a sort of thick neck ; the head decidely broader, 

 orange-yellow, with a row of black dots across the face ; body pale green, each seg- 

 ment ornamented with a divided or double black band, and between these some 

 reddish wrinkles ; legs and prolegs green. She reports as follows.] 



" The larva wraps itself up in a leaf of white Acacia ; when quite young it is 

 often sewn up in a single leaflet, frequently at the tip ; it feeds in this till large 

 enough to go about ; then it makes a shelter of a larger leaf, at last sewing, or 

 rather webbing, up two or even three leaves together, and remaining inside during 

 the day. I believe that it uses this as a habitation, going and returning, but of 

 this I have not been able to make quite sure ; the larger abode is not visibly 

 perforated." 



[A pen and ink sketch shows two leaflets drawn together and sewn edge to 

 edge, so as to make a complete chamber. The pupa is similarly wrapped in the 

 Acacia leaf, and also is covered with a white powder ; its delicate and nearly trans- 

 parent pupa skin, as sent, probably bears little resemblance to its delicate colouring 

 wiien alive. The butterfly has very fine hooked antennae, and to these, it is doubt- 

 less indebted for its name — that of the two-horned Rhinoceros !]. 



Smerinthus Graui, Walk. — " I noticed traces of larvae, under a bush from 

 which we were taking food for other species, so went to it night after night with a 

 lantern, and collected four, all of which fed up. The larva is green, slightly 

 marked with white on the sides, and with white and lilac along the middle of 

 the back; one of them was clearly marked with lilac dorsal diamonds — or eight- 

 sided spots, I am not quite sure which — and I regret that I was quite too busy to 

 paint it. These larvae had the usual hawk-moth horn." 



