THE ENTOMOLOGIST 



Vol. XXVIII. 



APRIL, 1895. 



[No. 383. 



LIFE-HISTORY OF ORNITHOPTERA RICHMONDII. 

 By Hknry Schneider. 



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Pupa and Ova of Ornithoptera richmondii. 



The caterpillar of Ornithoptera richmondii feeds on the 

 Aristolochia pravenosa, a tall twiner found in northern New 

 South Wales and southern Queensland. Except where other- 

 wise specified the following description refers exclusively to the 

 full-grown caterpillar : — 



Colour usually drab, with a tinge of invisible green varying 

 in different lights. The half-grown caterpillars, and frequently 

 the old ones, are of a richer, deeper tint — a sort of velvety 

 greenish brown. 



The body is covered with a number of spines or processes of 

 a soft yielding consistence. Some of them, in future spoken of 

 as spines, are pointed like horns. The bases of these spines 

 are of the same colour as the body. Then, at about the centre 



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