406 Mr. L. Guppy, Junr., on 
trees themselves. Amongst this tangled growth Omphalea 
megacarpa, Hemsley, holds a prominent place ; it is known 
locally as the “ Hunterman’s Nut,” the fruit being very 
palatable, in flavour somewhat like a Brazil nut. ‘This 
creeper climbs from the ground and clings to the trunk of 
the trees, growing over the topmost branches and hanging 
down in festoons, 
In September 1901, numbers of the imagines of C. cilus 
were observed by my brother, Mr. Eric Guppy, flying up 
and down these trees, and his statement that he saw some 
of them depositing eggs on the creeper during the day was 
subsequently verified. 
On the 15th of September I made a thorough search, 
and was rewarded by finding about eighteen eggs; they 
were deposited under leaves within six feet of the ground, 
and the majority were found on small creepers that grew 
on a thick hedge near by, evidently seedlings of the large 
ones. The eggs are usually laid singly or in pairs on the 
underside of a leaf, though I found subsequently one lot of 
seven and another of eight, laid irregularly, fairly close 
together but not touching. 
I was not able to examine to any height up these trees, 
both on account of the masses of foliage that grew on 
their trunks, and the ants, scorpions, tarantulas, ete., that 
make their homes in the hidden recesses of the bark. 
DESCRIPTION OF Eaa. 
Egg spherical, and when freshly laid nearly white, suffused with 
a pale yellowish tint, and there are twenty about longitudinal ribs or 
ridges. Two or three days before hatching the eggs turn yellow. 
LARVA. 
The newly-hatched larva, which has sixteen legs, consumes the 
greater part of the egg-shell. Head in proportion, black and 
shining, like a small bead. Body white with a faint bluish tint ; 
there are eleven black transverse lines or belts, and a sparse down 
which is only evident on close examination, 
At this stage and after the first moult they are particularly active, 
and spring madly about when touched. 
After the first moult the head becomes yellowish-red with black 
dots, and a few fine hairs. Eight long black hairs appear on the 
body, rising fine but becoming slightly clubbed towards the tip, 
which ends in a fine white point. These long hairs are situated as 
