Life History of Pseudacraea eurytus hohleyi. 709 



of the body; and those on the twelfth midway in size between 

 those of the second and third segments, and curved upwards and 

 forwards. The colouring of the last two segments dorsally is ashy 

 grey, dotted and mottled with blackish. 



Laterally. — From behind the head until the eighth segment the 

 larva is greenish black, but on the eighth segment this is bevelled 

 off and gradually replaced by ashy grey, which is continued to the 

 end of the body and there becomes continuous with the same colour 

 dorsally. On the seventh segment the dark colour is interrupted 

 by a large, raised, triangular whitish flap, with its base at the lateral 

 line, and its apex running on to the base of the clasper, and there 

 ending in a spine which points almost directly outwards at right 

 angles to the body. There is a similar, dark, spine, on the base of 

 the clasper of the seventh segment. 



Head. — Greenish black, slightly bihd at top, beset with numerous 

 small white spines. A narrow whitish band bordered with blackish 

 starts on each side of mid-line at the crown, nearly meets its fellow 

 in the middle of the front of the head, and curves away again 

 below. 



As regards its habits the larva has the same " homing " 

 instinct as when much younger, always resting at the tip 

 of a bare rib, and returning there after feeding. In the 

 resting position the head and first five segments are raised 

 off the leaf, and also all that part of the body behind the 

 fourth pair of claspers, this being held up at quite a sharp 

 angle, thus bringing more into evidence the lateral ashy 

 colour of that part of the body. The larva is very 

 sluggish and rarely moves except in connection with 

 feeding. 



The fourth Ecdy>iis. — This took place on July 21st and 

 brought great change in appearance. The general colour 

 was now a velvety purplish brown, and under a lens the 

 whole integument was seen to be finely dusted with 

 minute green dots. Here and there the purplish tint was 

 replaced by greenish mottling. The flap on the side of 

 the 7th segment, and the formerly grey area behind it, 

 now became light pinkish brown, and just anterior to the 

 flap were two raised circular dots of pure white. The 

 first segment still bore a short white mid-dorsal line. 

 With this ecdysis the spinous processes are considerably 

 developed, those on segments four to nine, inclusive, being 

 trifid at the extremity, the central prong slightly the 

 largest. The pair on the second segment are even larger 



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