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attached to the foodplant. (Egg received from Mr. Sloper on July 6th, 

 described July Hth, 1903, under an ordinary hand lens.) — J. W. Tutt. 

 Pupa of Satyris hekmione. — 18mm. long, 8*5mm. wide at 

 broadest part, i.i'., at 3rd abdominal segment, where the wings are 

 very bulging. The head is frontal, prominently extended beyond the 

 prothorax ; the mesothorax also prominent and swollen ; the meta- 

 thorax short, with well-developed wing-bases ; the abdominal segments 

 well-marked, the incisional lines conspicuous, dark in colour, and 

 with an apparent narrow fold of skin ; the cremaster formed of two 

 short, blunt, rounded, smooth points, slightly turned ventrally ; the 

 colour of the chitin reddish-brown ; the thoracic areas quite trans- 

 parent, the abdominal more opaque, the surface comparatively smooth 

 and shiny ; the wings are large, prominent, and somewhat trans- 

 parent, with a greenish tinge ; the neuration exhibited by somewhat 

 pale (possibly due to light reflection) ridges; the appendages smooth, 

 so that the anterior and middle parts of venter form an almost smooth 

 surface. Ihrmlb/ : The head rounded, frontal, with very distinct 

 imaginal features looked at fron tally ; the bases of antennne directly 

 above the frontal line. The prothorax narrow, with a clearly-defined 

 median suture continued backwards on the mesothorax. The pro- 

 thoracic spiracles comparatively small (for the group to which the 

 species belongs), black-edged, pushed well back on the front edge of 

 the mesothorax, the indistinct lumen facing frontally, the lower edge 

 scarcely reaching to the antenna. The mesothorax particularly prominent 

 in the median part of the dorsum, the bases of the forewings prominent ; 

 two or three small irregular black patches on the chitin quite on the front 

 of this segment. The metathorax narrow, medially folded well under 

 the prominent mesothorax. The 9 abdominal segments, as well as 

 the 10th (anal) one, very distinctly marked, increasing in size from the 

 1st to the 8rd and 4th, which are almost of the same width, and then 

 narrowing to the anal segment, the two terminal cremastral points of 

 which are very distinct. The mediodorsal suture of the thoracic 

 segments is continued as a dark mediodorsal line down the abdominal 

 segments. Ventrall;/ : The frons is very prominent, the mouthparts 

 distinct, the glazed eye large, and separated from the surrounding 

 structures by a fine black line. The maxilla; are wide at the 

 base, and extend directly to the end of the wings. Next the 

 maxillic, the 1st pair of legs is very little shown ; the 2nd pair 

 of legs is larger, and ends just short of the antenn*; the antennae 

 are slender, very well segmented, the apices ending some distance 

 short of the wing-tips. The appendages are separated by fine l)lack 

 sutural lines. The wing-bases form a sort of low shoulder, and the 

 outer half of the wings bulge very much compared with the basal, the 

 swollen portion being of a distinct greenish hue, which shows through 

 the wings and involves the corresponding portion of the legs, maxillae, 

 and antenna-. Poulton's line is at a considerable distance from the edge 

 of the forewings, the raised nervures ending thereat. The apices of the 

 wings extend just beyond the abdominal incision, -4-5, on the anterior 

 edge of the 5th abdominal segment. The oth, 6th, and 7th abdominal 

 segments are united, but clearly defined by their incisions, but the 8th, 

 9th, and 10th are very closely welded, especially in the median area, 

 where are the reproductive organs, although laterally their distinction is 

 evident; the anus is distinct, and the cremaster shows as a short.broad,. 



