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rest obsolete. In that of Mr. S. Stevens is an example in 

 which the outer half of all the wings is devoid of transverse 

 stripes. Specimens exist in several collections in which both 

 fore and hind wings are entirely blackened except a few 

 yellow or white spots, which usually are placed in a row before 

 the hind margins, even the cilia being blackened ; others 

 occur in which this is partially the case, the whole surface 

 being dusted with grey or clouded with black. One specimen 

 in the collection of Dr. P. B. Mason, of a large size, is shining 

 grey-black and not latticed, but has several, irregularly 

 placed, large white spots. Mr. H. J. Turner possesses a very 

 beautiful specimen, yellow, with the nervures dusted, but only 

 partially blackened, the transverse stripes as usual, but the 

 cilia of all the wings creamy-yellow without a trace of the 

 usual black chequers. I have noted the extreme forms ; 

 intermediate varieties are numerous. 



On the wing from the end of April till June, and as a 

 partial second generation at the end of July and through 

 August. 



Larva. Head shining green, rather hairy, with the lobes 

 globular, and rather notched on the crown, mandibles brown ; 

 body cylindrical, of nearly uniform width throughout ; skin 

 smooth, clothed with a few, almost imperceptible, very short 

 hairs; segmental divisions distinct; colour bright green, 

 darkest along the sides ; two parallel white lines extend 

 through the middle of the dorsal area, enclosing between 

 ^em an almost hair-like, white dorsal line ; subdorsal lines 

 white, as also are the broad spiracular lines, and there is 

 another, finer, white line between the dorsal and subdorsal ; 

 segmental divisions yellowish ; the spiracles very minute, 

 black ; ventral surface green, longitudinally striped with 

 numerous very fine darker lines. When newly emerged 

 from the q^^ dingy green, the extremities tipped with 

 yellow ; head pale brown. (G. T. Porritt.) 



June and July, and a partial second generation in August 



