1(»^ FAMILY TAriI.IONIT).£. 



[n .Si-i>i>'s •• Suriuiimsche Vliiulers " tlio followng account is Kiven of tlie traiisfunnatiniis — "Tlie 

 Liitiii imiUL' of the tifc wliich sitvl-s as fiHxl for tlioso catvrpillai-s is ///;/'( vrni, calleil in Surinam 

 • Ziictfnl«>otjesbo(>in." " \Vc fouiul it for the first tiiiitj in tho month of MaR'li, it is of a uniform ^.Mvi-n, 

 adonu-d at the sides witli ;i jiale yellow stri]pe. it,« lusul is bhick, it retains this ccil.Mir until the .i.liiit 



stair. 



■• When tin- periml of it-s chanjie approaches, tlie given colour changes into yelhiw. s)Mitii'(l witii 

 lirownish black, which M'e have not observed in any mher species nf this family ; niureuvei- a blue stri|M- 

 biT.inu'-s apparent above the yellow one. 



•' It was (III the 7th April that the rateviiillar att^iched itself, and the beautiful glowing chrysalis 

 iippeared on the next day." 



Note. — The above species shoidd l)y rights bear the name of Cijirix given by Cranu-r to the 

 female, but I prefer, to avoid eoiifusinn, to retain the name Hcri'ilia given to the male the same year 

 in. the .same work, Fabricius having described another species several years later under the name of 

 P. Cipfis by which it has ever since been known, the typical C. Ci/D-iy moreoviM- having been supi'oseil 

 meanwliile to be a female varietv of C. Anjimti. 



