2i6 LEPIDOPTERA. 



near to his own house ut IJiiytoii I'aik, near Liverpool. 

 Among the numerous specimens sent to me from various 

 parts of Cape Colony, South Africa, by my sister, I find 

 similar specimens — var. suiiijuinuria — and also very many ot 

 which — the uTound colour being- pale yellow, or ochreous, or 

 pinkish ochreous — the obli(|ue stripe is of some shade of 

 brown, or grey-brown, or even blackish-brown ; on the other 

 hand it is iu some rich crimson or dark purple-pink, and in 

 one it forms a brilliant oblique crimson band of at least 

 three times tlie normal breadth. 



Usually taken in this country in August, September, or 

 October, but it has been taken in the isle of Wight in ilay. 

 Mr. .). J. Walker says that at Gibraltar, where it abounds, 

 it is to be found during the greater part of the year. This 

 also I liud to be the case in South .M'rica. 



IjAKVA one inch hmg; slender, cylindrical, tapering \er\ 

 gradually toward the head; the skin smooth with a few 

 bristles, chielly on the anterior and ])Osterior segments ; tlie 

 head rather flat and wide, pale brownish-red, on either lobe 

 is a pale stripe bordered above with brighter red, and Ijelow 

 with darker brown ; tlie colour of tlie back is either full green 

 or blue-green, velvety, with the posterior segments more 

 yellowish-green ; the undersurface delicate whitish-green ; 

 and the segmental folds yellow ; the very tine dorsal line, 

 paler than the ground colour, is bordered throughout, more 

 or less distinctly, \\i11i lines either of a bright rust or deeji 

 red colour, which at each of the iblds after segment five, 

 expand into a V with the apex pointing forward, and enclose 

 a three-cornered yellowish-white spot ; the dorsal line 

 becomes more distinct and the borders of a stronger red 

 after .segment eight; the anal Hap and ventral legs are 

 tinged with |iur])lis]i-pink ; there are two very fine faint 

 brownish-green subdorsal lines which sometimes are, on tlie 

 anterior segments, united in one strong brownish-red line, 

 running back from the dark stripe on the lobe of the head \ 



