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transverse series. The filaments on segments 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 

 are of about the same length as in ocJilea, but gradually 

 decreasing posteriorly. They are black, with a bluish white 

 line at each side of the base. The terminal hooks of the first 

 pair, the longest, point forward, those of the second and third 

 forward and outward, of the fourth outward, and of the fifth 

 backward. The ventral surface is dirty greenish. Head 

 black, with inner margins of lobes edged with grey. 



An adult larva taken Jan. 10, 1914, pupated Jan. 14, and 

 emerged Jan. 27. 



Amauris albimaculata, Butl. 



Ovum. — Ochreous, iipright, ribbed longitudinally. On the 

 two occasions on which I have found these ova, they have 

 been laid, in batches of about 20, along the midrib on the 

 underside of the leaf. 



Adult larva.- — Velvety black, with a very narrow bluish 

 median dorsal line, running between the two dorsal series of 

 yellow and greenish spots. Subdorsally black. (The white 

 streaks on the abdominal segments of a blown specimen do 

 not show in the living larva.) Superior lateral line of small 

 blue and yellow spots. Spiracles outlined with blue. Inferior 

 festooned line of yellow markings. Ventrally gi-ey-brown 

 with yellowish spots and lines on segments 5-10. Head 

 black. Filaments on segments 3, 4, 6, 11, 12 are short (in 

 comparison with oclilea and echeria) and black. Terminal 

 hooks of first four pairs bent forward, the last pair almost 

 straight and bookless. 



A larva which hatched Dec. 30, 1913, pupated Jan. 13, and 

 emerged Jan. 25. 



Varieties of the Cantharid beetle Mylabris fasciata, 

 Oliv., captured together in Southern Nigeria. — Prof. 

 PouLTON exhibited 36 Mylahris fasciata taken on Sept. 24 

 and 26, 1913, at Moor Plantation, near Ibadan, by Mr. W. A. 

 Lamborn. The series was sharply divided into a light section 

 containing 28 individuals and a dark section containing 8. 



The light section. — The lightest individuals were black with 

 a broad orange zone across the centre of the elytra, occupying 

 about half their total length. From these, of which there 



