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Santos. We have, however, in this locality different species 
of these Aculeates : I remember seeing a Pepsis with the apex 
of fore-wing white, and so on.” 
The specimens of the Reduviid and of the Locustid in the 
British Museum were labelled Brazil. As Dr. Seitz had been 
unable to send a specimen of the moth, Prof. Poulton had 
included Macrocneme lades leucostigma from Castro, Parana 
(2,900 ft.), March 16, 1910, kindly given to him for the purpose 
by Mr. W. J. Kaye. 
Prof. Poutton also drew attention to the blue-black irides- 
cence still distinct on the abdomen of the Locustid, and 
probably far more brilliant in the living insect. 
SYNEPIGONIC SERIES OF PAPILIO DARDANUS, FROM PARENT 
FORM PLANEMOIDES.—Dr. G. D. H. CARPENTER gave the 
following account of a brood of Papilio dardanus raised by 
him from eggs laid by a ? of the planemoides form :— 
“ The parent planemoides was taken on a track through the 
forest belt (a comparatively open space) on Bugalla Island, 
Sesse, L. Victoria, on Dec. 1, 1912, and at once put into a 
breeding-box in the forest, with sprigs of lime. She laid 26 ova 
on the Ist or 2nd, and though left till Dec. 8, yielded no more. 
The ova all hatched Dec. 8-9. The dates for the successive 
ecdyses are those of the first larvae in each case. 
“J, Dec. 13; IJ, Dec. 17; III, Dec. 22; IV, Dec. 28. 
“When I counted them after the beginning of the third 
ecdysis twenty-five larvae were all I could see—one had appar- 
ently escaped or got lost in changing food-plants. When the 
majority of the larvae were nearly full grown, for some reason 
three individuals lagged behind—and of these two died—the 
other grew very very slowly and finally died on Feb.9. There 
are therefore twenty-two imagines: 7 hippocoon, 3 planemordes, 
the rest males. 
“ As regards the act of pupation. I watched this through 
in several instances, for I had been much puzzled by the 
account given by Trimen. He mentions that the antennae, 
as well as the cephalic tubercles, are both used to * push the 
loose skin between the suspensory threads.’ It seemed to me 
very extraordinary that the newly-formed organs (which 
in all instances I had previously seen were mere flaccid tubes 
