434 Lieut.-Colonel N. Manders on the 
Euplaa ewphone, Fabr. 
6. Huplea Euphone, Faby. 
Abundant everywhere, except in the cold weather. Of 
slow flight and easily captured. J have frequently found 
the eggs of this and the following species on “ Alamanda” 
(Alamanda cathartiea), but have never succeeded in rearing 
the larva on this plant, neither have I found the full-grown 
larva at large on it, though I have frequently found and 
reared it on Ficus repens. On Alamanda the larva invaria- 
bly dies when quite small, apparently from starvation, and 
I am rather under the impression that the female mistakes 
the food plant. The egg is undistinguishable from Z. 
goudoti, it is of the usual Eupleeid shape, pale yellow with 
perpendicular ridges. It is laid on the under margin of 
the smaller leaves, the young larva spins a slightly woven 
silken pad, and eats the under surface of the leaf in a 
semi-circular manner round it. The full-grown larva is 
pale grey with narrow black lines dividing the segments. 
Flies I-V.; VI-VIII, scarce; IX, becomes common; 
X-XIi, abundant. It does not occur in Bourbon. 
Kuplea goudoti, Boisd. (Pl. XXIX, fig. 1). 
Not a Mauritius butterfly; but I have one specimen, the 
only one recorded, which was captured by Mr. J. A. de Gaye, 
at Post de Flacq on the north-east side of the island in 
August 1905. The specimen, which is in very bad 
condition, was probably conveyed from Bourbon by a 
favouring wind. Through the kindness of Mr. de Gaye 
this specimen is now in my collection. See “ Entomologist,” 
vol. xl, p. 185. Bourson. Abundant on the coast, pre- 
ferring hot steamy shade, where it flies slowly and is 
captured with ease. I found it common at St. Denys in 
the Botanical Gardens, and it was by no means rare in the 
town itself. It scarcely extends above 1,000 feet elevation. 
At Hell-Bourg, 3,000 feet, I saw only one specimen, 
evidently a straggler. The insect in its manner of flight 
and general appearance reminds one very much of the 
Indian Luplwa core. 
Its transformations have been described. The typical 
species has on the forewing a small white spot on the 
costa at the end of the cell and another in the second 
