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Explanation of Plate XXXII. 



All the figures are represented nearly | of the natural size. 

 A variety of Hypolimnas misippus $ , together with types of the 

 offspring reared from its eggs. 



Fig. 1. The parent. Captured Jan. 2, 1904, at Durban, Natal. 

 Laid 41 eggs, from which 16 butterflies were reared. 

 Examples of all varieties among the offspring are repre- 

 sented in the remaining figures of this plate. 



2. Female. Form misippxis. Emerged from tlie pupa Feb. 2, 



1904. Another female with the sub-apical white bar of 

 a very similar shape emerged Feb. 3, 1904 (pupated 

 Jan. 27). 



3. Female. Form intermediate between misippus and inarm, 



resembling parent except that the white sub-apical bar is 

 much obscured by scattered brown scales, the difference 

 being greater than is indicated by a comparison of figures 

 3 and 1. This is the only one of the offspring which 

 lesembles the parent at all closely. Emerged Feb. 4, 

 1904. 



4. Female. Form misippus. P]merged Feb. 8, 1904 (pupated 



Feb. 2). Another female with the sub-apical white bar 

 of a very similar shape emerged Feb. 4, 1904 (pupated 

 Jan. 28). 



5. Female. Form inaria. A slight approach towards the 



parental form is seen in the sharp and distinct outline of 

 the sub-apical bar, which however possesses the normal 

 brown shade of inaria. Emerged Feb. 4, 1904. 



6. Female. Form inaria. Emerged Feb. 5, 1904 (pupated 



Jan. 30). Another similar female emerged Feb. 5, 1904. 



7. Male. Emerged Feb. 3, 1904 (pupated Jan. 28). The 



largest of the eight male offspring. 



8. Male. Emerged Feb. 2, 1904. The smallest of the eight 



male offspring. The six unfigured males emerged on 

 Feb. 4 (two ; one small), Feb. 5 (two ; one of them rather 

 small), Feb. 8, and Feb. 11. 



