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name. The 2 black-and-white-ringed larvae and the 2 orange 

 black-marked pupae has been collected on April 17, 1912, by 

 Dr. Carpenter on the shore of Bugalla, Sesse Islands : the 32 

 imagines had been bred (June 1, 1911) from scattered larvae 

 found on Damba Island. There was much variation in the 

 development of the black bars crossing the fore wing, which, 

 in the darkest specimen, were far more completely fused into 

 a single band on the right side than the left. Dr. Carpenter 

 wrote concerning the specimens, April 18, 1912 : — 



" I am sending you bottled specimens of the Hypsid moth 

 ' pactolicus ' larvae and pupae. They are common on the 

 shore, where their yellow papilionaceous food-plant grows very 

 plentifully. They are splendid examples of conspicuousness : 

 the larvae are visible from far. The Avhite is the purest 

 Chinese white I. have ever seen on a live creature ! The pupae 

 are freely exposed, hanging in a few threads just enough to 

 support them. It is difficult to imagine an insect more con- 

 spicuous in all its stages. The moth has a very slow, heavy 

 flight (like a "Cinnabar"), and if handled exudes a strong- 

 smelling, rather bitter-tasting fluid from behind each side of 

 ' the collar ' of the thorax. I thought you might like to have 

 these ; they are in dilute alcohol with a little glycerine. I 

 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 bellatrix, Dalm., 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 op Acrabine 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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