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Jan. 9 is accompanied by 2 cases to which the same number 
(C 1) had been accidentally fixed. Each is attached to a 
stem of Z. incanus and lies across it in the usual Hpamera 
position. A female of Jan. 11 (the 2 type) and of Jan. 13 
are accompanied by their respective cases fixed to the 
bark of the Funtumia. They are extremely well concealed 
and probably possess the power of individual colour adjust- 
ment. The pupa-case of the ¢ (type), Jan. 14, is also fixed 
to the bark, but close to a prominent ridge which probably 
supplied the same stimulus as a thin stem; for the pupa 
lies across it at an angle of 45°. Finally, a pupa-case, 
found empty on a Loranthus stem, lies across it just above a 
“cushion.” This is the specimen figured by Dr. Eltrmgham 
(Pl. XIII, fig. 10; p..482). For the larvae see Pl. XIII, 
figs. 6, 12; p. 482. As implied above the larvae were always 
found on flowers of L. incanus on Funtumia. They are 
the caterpillars with the extraordinary resemblance to 
the flowering cushions which surprised and delighted 
Farquharson. 
Farquharson devised an excellent method for sending 
these pupae in their natural surroundings. A thick piece 
of bark with the pupa in the centre was cut out, probably 
with a chisel, and pressed into a thick. bed of glue at the 
bottom of a stout cardboard box. When it arrived, I 
cut through the glue round the edges of the bark, with a 
fine-toothed saw, leaving that beneath as a flat base on 
which the specimen rests in the drawer. The bark and 
glue were carefully drilled in two places for pins to prevent 
shifting. Thus all moisture was avoided and the bark 
with its Cryptogamic growths remains quite unchanged. 
For Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker’s description of this species 
see pp. 462-63. 
9. EKpamera mirabilis H. H. Druce (labelled D by 
Farquharson).—2 g, emerging Feb. 12, 1918, both from 
the Funtumia mistletoe. The specimens were com- 
pared with the unique type from Sierra Leone (now in 
the possession of Mr. J. J. Joicey), and Mr. H. H. Druce 
agreed that there was no doubt about their specific identity. 
The 2 unfortunately still remains unknown; Mr. Druce’s 
conclusion that mrabilis is allied to zasis is supported by 
Farquharson’s employment of the same letter D for both 
forms, showing that he did not distinguish them in the 
earlier stages. 
Mr. Druce has informed me that the figure of mirabilis 
