BRAZILIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 47 



of kiduey-bean. They are usually in pairs. Time of incu- 

 bation not observed. 



I a, Larger specimen, full-fed. San Paulo, Jan. 

 Larva. | gs, 1880. 



The caterpillar protects itself with a piece of the leaf, 

 fastened down on the upper surface of the leaf during the 

 early stages. When large enough it bends the leaves them- 

 selves together, and makes its retreat in that way. It is pale 

 green in colour, with longitudinal stripes of yellow. 



Pupa. 1 "' ^^ill-^ed, Jan. 28 ; Imago, Feb. 13, 1880 = 16 

 ( days. 



Pupation takes place in the same way as No. XXL, Pyrrho- 

 pyga Palemon. 



{ a and h, Full-fed, Jan. 29 ; Imago, Feb. 16, 1880 

 Imago. | ^ ^g ^^^^^ 



The butterfly appears eighteen days after the larva is full- 

 fed. Specimens in my possession were full-fed, as above, on 

 29th Jan., 1880, the imagos appearing on Feb. 16th. 



HETEROCERA. 



Family Sphingid^. 



LV. — DiLOPHONOTA ElLO. 



Sphinx Ello, Linn. Mus. Lud. Ulr., p. 351 (1764). Drury, 

 111. Nat. Hist, i., pi. 27, fig. 3. 



Dilophonota Ello, Burmeister, Abhandl. Nat. Gesellsch. Halle, 



p. 70 (1855). 

 Ova. 



The egg is laid singly on the upper surface of the Man- 

 dioca leaf. It is a flattened ovoid in shape, of a pale yellow 

 sprinkled with rusty red. 



