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SPOLIA ZEYLANICA, 
NOTES. 
5. Rambling Notes :— 
Life of the Leaf Insect.—The development of the common “ Leaf 
Insect ” (Pulchriphyllium crurifolium) is very slow. When kept in 
captivity eggs are constantly hatching out, and it is difficult to keep 
count of the separate broods. By isolating an insect, immediately 
after its emergence from the egg, I have ascertained that it takes 
about eight months to complete its development. This particular 
insect was isolated an Navemher 24_ 1909. and anneared in its 
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December, 1910. 
CORRECTION SLIP. 
Since writing my note on ‘‘A Passenger-carrying 
Beetle,” a note on the subject has appeared in ‘“‘ The 
Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine ” for December, 1910 
(p. 275), in which the fly has been described as a new 
species, under the name of Limosina equitans, Collins 
(Fam. Borboride). 
E. E. GREEN. 
UrLTOUI yipor (Bb Pune vows we en equ en poe y 
brought to me to-day. It had been suspended by the neck, oa 
was almost dead. However, it appeared to recover when the 
ligature was removed. 
September 16.—The recovery of the viper was only temporary. 
It died this afternoon, after bringing up a half-digested rat. It 
is quite the largest specimen that I have seen. Boulenger quotes 
31 inches as the limit of size. This specimen has a total length of 
40 inches, of which the tail occupied only 63. Its girth across the 
middle of the body is 3} inches. The head, which is very evil- 
looking, has a breadth of 1? inches. It is of a beautiful grass green 
colour, with irregular elongate black dorsal patches, from which 
branches are given off enclosing large rounded areas on each side ; 
these enclosed areas are disposed asymmetrically. 
