poe) 
sets of parent and offspring, J and K, recently received from 
Bugalla. He also communicated the following notes written 
by Dr. Carpenter :— 
“ Dec. 23, 1912. 
“ There is a synepigonic family of Ps. eurytus (J)—the largest 
I have sent—but only 7! There were over 20 eggs, but some 
failed to hatch : some of the young larvae died out of spite, 
and when they were full grown I lost one or two owing to the 
fact that I had not enough boxes with close-fitting lids, and 
when they began to wander sooner than I had expected, 
looking for eligible sites for pupation, they escaped. Finally, 
several would try to hang themselves on the side of the box 
and the pupae fell down and were hopelessly crippled, and 
died :—Altogether rather a sad story! These, however, that 
I do send seem to bear out what I said before, that one 
can’t breed a pure terra from a pure hobleyi, and that obscura 
is apparently more nearly related to hobley: than terra is, 
seeing that it can be bred from hobleyt. 
Pupated. 
1 Nov. 22. Lame (e obscura with a trace of terra. 
2.| Nov. 23. See obscura with a trace of terra. 
3.| Nov. 24. 5 hobleyi. Nearly typical but with the 
hind-wing bar faintly tinged with 
fulvous, especially on its outer edge 
and costal end. The umber tint of 
the triangle appeared on the upper 
surface to a rather unusual extent. 
4.+\ Nov. 25. sO: obscura. 
5. Do. LO: obscura with a trace of terra. 
6 Do. Pratt obscura with a trace of terra. 
7 Do. typical hobley?, but did not clear itself 
from pupal skin, and died. 
8. | Nov. 29. . | 2 obscura. 
