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will try and photograph some au naturel next time the larvae 

 appear in numbers. The brood of moths is just over." 



The species pactolicus sent by Dr. Carpenter was closely 

 allied to bellalrix, Dalrn., which Mr. G. A. K. Marshall had 

 seen caught and rejected by a young drongo (Trans. Ent. 

 Soc, 1902, pp. 358-9). The specimen, which had lost most of 

 its head, was now in the Hope Department. 



Diurnal movements of Acraeine pupae. — Prof. Poulton 

 said that he had received from Dr. G. D. H. Carpenter an 

 account of curious changes of attitude observed in Acraeine 

 pupae. The following statement formed part of the letter of 

 April 18, 1912, already referred to : — 



"Acraeine pupae (at least all that I have had) have a curious 

 habit which I do not remember to have seen mentioned any- 

 where. They bend their body from side to side at more or 

 less regular intervals of a day. Thus one day you see a pupa 

 bent towards one side, and next day it is bent towards the 

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other, remaining motionless in these positions. Perhaps, as 

 some Acraeine pupae at any rate are of aposematic colours, it 

 is an advantage to show by change of position that they are 

 animate objects, and drive home the warning. I have never 

 seen any other pupa that hangs by the tail adopt changes of 

 attitude." 



Pseudacraeas of the hobleyi group on the Sesse Islands 

 in the Victoria Nyanza. — Prof. Poulton said that Dr. 

 G. D. H. Carpenter had left Damba in December 1911, and 

 after spending Christmas at Entebbe had gone in January 

 to Bugalla Island in the Sesse Archipelago. The following 

 extracts were printed from a letter written in February : — 



" I am now quite settled, and am going to remain on Sesse. 

 The fly have become very much more numerous lately, and are 

 quite as numerous as I want. The change from Damba is 

 very welcome, the scenery here being quite different. The 

 island is mostly open grass land, rising some 200-350 feet 

 above the lake, with patches and belts of forest here and there, 

 and a belt of forest all along the coast. I went into this last 

 Sunday, January 28th, and to my great delight found there 

 representatives of all the Planema-Pseudacraea associations ! 



