Hoplitis phyllocampa and Uulajohonotus myrmclcon. 3 



This lai'va is very similar to those of two West- African 

 species of Eu])hacdra, vid. E. ravola (Hewits.), and (pro- 

 bably) either E. janctta, Butl., or E. xyp&te, (Hewits.), 

 figured by Aurivillius,* but is somewhat intermediate, 

 having the narrower head and first thoracic segment shown 

 in fig. 3, but the longer and more plumose latero-dorsal 

 spines of fig. 4. The spines are, however, more tapering 

 and acuminate than shown in either of the figures cited, 

 and do not bear the single very long terminal bristle which 

 is so marked a feature in both figures. Except for its very 

 much shorter latero-dorsal spines, the larva of H. daedalus 

 nearly approaches in structure, as well as in colouring, 

 the larva of the well-known Indian Nymphaline, Adolias 

 {Euthalia) garuda, Moore, as depicted by Hardvvicke,t 

 and it also very much resembles the profile figure of the 

 larva of A. (E.) vasarda, Moore,J though wanting the 

 yellow rays emitted at right angles by the median dorsal 

 stripe which are shown in that figure. 



De Niceville's description in the footnote § of the Indian 

 Garuda larva might have been written of the Natalian 

 H. daedalus larva, as shown by Mr. Millar's descriptive 

 notes and photograph of the latter at rest on a leaf of its 

 food-plant, Gomhrctum guienzii, Sond.|| 



It is satisfactory to find the recognized affinity of 

 Euphaedra and Hamanumida in the imago state confirmed 

 by the discovery of the larva of the latter now admitting a 

 comparison of the earlier stages of these two genera ; and 

 much interest attaches to the great similarity existing 

 between the larvae of these exclusively African genera 

 and those of the strictly Oriental genus Euthalia.^ 



* Ent. Tidskr., 1894, t. 5, ff. 3, 4. 



t Horsfield and Moore, Cat. Lep. E.I.C. j\Ius. I, PI. VI, f. 2 (1857). 



X Lep. Ceylon, I, PI. 17, f. 2a. 



§ " The larvae of Symphacdra and Euthalia are similarly formed, 

 and are among the most peculiar and interesting in butterflies. I 

 have often found that of E. garuda at rest in the middle of a 

 mango leaf, in which position it is very difficult to see, though its 

 form is so remarkable ; its body, with the pale dorsal line, answers 

 to the midrib of the leaf, while the lateral branched spines pass for 

 the other veins of the leaf on which it is resting, forming a remark- 

 able instance of protective coloration, structure, and habit com- 

 bined."— De Niceville, Butt. India, etc., II, p. 192 (1886). 



II Food-plant determined bv Mr. J. Medley Wood, of Durban 

 Natal. 



H The likeness between the earlier stages in Euphaedra and 

 Euthalia is noted by Aurivillius (Rhop. Aethiop.,p. 500, 1899). 



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