METAMORPHOSES OF BRAZILIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 'J 



Subfam . Nympha Una. 



Genus Dione. Hiibner. 



Syn. AgraulU. Boisd., Doubleday. 



LXVI. — Dione Juno. 



Papilio Juno, Cramer, Pap. Exot. 111., pi. 215, f. b.c. (1782). 



Larva. Full-fed, San Paulo, 21st April, 1880. 



The caterpillar feeds on a species of Passion-flower, and 



is often found in company with No. XLIII, Dione Vanilla, 



var. It is more social in its habits than the latter species, 



and may be taken in clusters of a dozen or so on a single 



leaf. It is of a dark brown colour, and is covered with 



spines. 



(Full-fed, 21st April, 1880. ] _, . 

 Pupa \ h21 days. 



(Imago, 12th May, 1880. j ^ 



When about to undergo pupation the caterpillar attaches 

 itself by the tail to the stalk of the food-plant, the coping of 

 a wall, or other convenient spot. 



(Full-fed, 21st April, 1880.) _^ , 

 Imago \ ^21 davs. 



IMAGO, jj^^g^^ 12th May, 1880. ) 



The butterfly emerges three weeks after pupation. 



XLIII. — Dione Vanilla (variety). 



Papilio Vanilla, Linn. Syst. Nat. i., 2, p. 787 (1767). 

 Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii., pi. 212, fig. a.b. 



Larva. Full-fed, San Paulo, 14th April, 1880. 



The caterpillar of this insect feeds upon the leaves of a 

 Passion-flower that is common in the neighbourhood of 

 San Paulo. It is of a pale brown colour, with dark longi- 

 tudinal stripes down the back, and is covered with horny 

 spines. 



