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Tho eggs seem to be deposited singly ; in sliape they are cylindrical, very 
long, standing erect on one end, the upper end cominp to a point, which is curved 
a little to one side (reminding one somewhat of the shape of a cucumber), ribbed 
longitudinally— about four ribs appearing in any one view: colour a glistenmg 
yellowish-white. 
The larva when full-grown is about J-inch in length ; head globiilar, rather 
smaller than second segment; body cylindrical, tolerably uniform in bulk, but 
tapering very gently towards the tail ; anal flap terminating squarely, and under 
it appearing two very small blunt points : the skin wrinkled — with six folds to each 
segment, covered uniformly (but not densely), with very fine, short, whitish down. 
Colour a beautiful green, tho front segments minutely dotted with black ; dorsal 
line darker green, edged with yellowish-green ; spiracular line distinct, of a fine, 
clear yellow, edged above with darker green ; spiracles undistinguishable, belly and 
legs translucent green. 
When tho larva is about to spin, it fastens itself, with the head upwards, to a 
stem of its food-plant by a little webbing at the head and the tail, and a thread 
round the fore part of the body ; and at first it rests quite flat on the stem ; after 
some hours, it raises its back, and bends itself into a bow, the head and tail still 
fastened to the stem, and tho thread round the body being much stretched ; in this 
position it remains about two days, when it casts its skin for tho last timo (the 
threads which fasten down the head apparently being attached only to the larva 
skin), and becomes a pupa. The pupa when arrived at its full colour is very 
beautiful. In shape it is slender, very acutely pointed at the head, not so acutely 
at the tail ; the wing-cases projecting in a swelling curve to nearly twice the width 
of the body, and meeting in a blunt ridge ; the head is thrown back, and the pupa 
rests with the wing-cases touching the stem, fastened by the tail, and the thread 
round the body. The skin is semi-transparent ; the colour a lovely delicate green ; 
the abdomen rather yellowish .- just in the spiracular region there runs all round 
the body a stout pink rib, enclosing the greenish spiracles : from this a strong pink 
line branches off, bordering the outer edge of each wing-case ; and the nervures of 
the wings themselves are delicately outlined in pink. 
I received some eggs on August 2nd, and again on September 1st. The larvaa 
appeared respectively on August 8th and September 6th ; full fed on September 
26th and November 8th ; in pupa September 29th and November 8th. The food 
chosen was either Vicia cracca or Orohus tuherosus; but not both. — Rev. J. Hellins. 
Caprices of Chelonia caja.—l have just completed the interesting occupation of 
setting October imagos of this species, thereby advancing its right to be considered, 
in some measure, double-brooded. 
They were reared from ova deposited last July. Between fifty and sixty larvae 
fed up in their accustomed manner, and are now of fhe usual size, save five, which 
outstripped the rest, and grew rapidly on a mixed diet, of which Tagctes erecta, 
{African Marigold) formed their "piece de resistance." They spun their shroud about the 
last week in September, and four of them have emerged (the fifth appearing, on 
examination, to be drying up), one, a very small S , and three ? . All the three ? 
have produced masses of eggs, probably barren ones, for the S would seem too 
punily inadequate to aspire to the dignity of a " paterfamihas." He is the smallest, 
