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ereen; dorsal line dark green; lateral skin-fold well 
developed ; under surface, legs, and prolegs dull green. 
When full-grown the larva remains perfectly motion- 
less for twenty-four hours or more, gradually shrinking 
all the time, and then falls suspended head downwards, 
its anal claspers attached to a pad of silk which it had 
previously spun, and, in this position it remains for 
about another twenty-four hours, when it changes to a 
somewhat obtuse chrysalis of the usual satyrid form, 
with slightly bifid head. Its whole surface is beautiful 
grass-green, the veins of the wing-cases being slightly 
darker. The wing-sheaths, considering the ample wings 
of the butterfly, are comparatively small. The butterfly 
emerges in about ten days. 
* When not feeding the larva has a habit of crawling 
to the extremity of a leaf, where it rests with its head 
and first three or four segments hanging over and 
downwards, and, in this position, especially when viewed 
sideways, bears a strong resemblance to a praying 
mantis, and so, to a certain extent, may alarm any 
wandering ichneumon. A wise provision of Nature! 
Epinephele abeona, Don. (Pl. VL., fig. 8). 
This beautiful species is not uncommon near Sydney, 
but is local and only occurs in deep wooded gullies 
where different species of Cladiwm, upon which its 
larve subsist, grow in dense clumps by the margins of 
water-courses, or in low swampy ground between ranges 
of hills. It flies in an irregular uncertain manner 
around its food plant, or amongst brushwood in its 
vicinity. It is very conspicuous on the wing, and a 
pleasing object. Occasionally it settles upon a stone 
and expands its wings to the full glare of the sun. 
Once or twice I found them, towards dusk, roosting in 
little parties in miniature caves in the face of a sand- 
stone cliff overlooking a swampy valley, and have seen 
them in similar situations during a shower. 
I long suspected that the larve would be found feeding 
upon Cladiwm, as I noticed that the perfect insects were 
only to be met with where these plants grew, but it was 
not until October 27th, 1883, that I had the pleasure of 
discovering the larve. 
I was out for a day’s collecting in a small valley at 
