848 MR. NELSON ANNANDALE ON THE [ Dee. 4, 
this fruit are said to be commonly grown, differing from one 
another in shape, size, colour, and even smell; and it is often the 
case that in two villages separated by only a few miles the pre- 
dominant variety of banana is different. The introduction of a 
foreign weed such as the “ Putra Malu,” or Shy Princess (Mimos« 
pudica), among the teeming insect population of a tropical clearing 
must have some direct effect upon the life therein, and indirectly 
must influence all the surrounding country. ‘This plant has 
appeared in the Peninsula since the arrival of the white man, its 
natural home being South America; and has succeeded in 
becoming one of the commonest and most noxious weeds in the 
country, even in the districts to which the white man himself has 
not yet penetrated. 
Ill. ANorHER Harpacip PUPA. 
Colour.—Head: pink, eyes and mandibles black. Antenne 
black. 
Thorax : prothorax, which is broad and slightly flattened, dull 
pink, striped transversely with dingy white and pale green, and 
edged with black. (There is no bar on the posterior edge of the 
prothorax as there was in the other form.) Posterior region of 
thorax dull pink. Rudimentary wings dingy white, with a pale 
green band at the base of each. 
Abdomen: pale pink, ringed with pale green, dingy white, and 
black, The greev and black rings did not completely encircle the 
body, but were interrupted in the mid-ventral line by a number 
of prominences, one to each segment, of pale pink. At the 
extreme point of the abdomen, surrounding the anus, was a black 
spot, not so large or so prominent as the one on the corresponding 
position in Hymenopus bicornis, but still conspicuous. 
Limbs: all the limbs were ringed with bands of dingy white, 
pink, and green, which completely surrounded them, including 
the expansions on the femora of the 2nd and 8rd pairs. The 
spines on the predatory limbs were some of them green and some 
black. The black spines predominated towards the distal 
extremities. 
This Mantis had none of the flowery sheen of the other, and 
the lappets on the 2nd and 3rd limbs are small, rounded, and in 
nowise petal-like. The flowers with which it was found associated 
were of a deep cream-colour. Their buds and leaves were con- 
siderably darker than the green markings on the insect’s body. 
Habits and Attitude.—Unfortunately I was unable to observe 
this species in a state of nature, but I have no doubt that its 
habits are very similar to those of the Kanchong. The natural 
attitude of the two species is precisely the same, and though they 
adopt different methods of concealing themselves, they were both 
found hidden among flowers, presumably for the same purpose— 
that of obtaining their food. The common possession of a black 
tip to the abdomen is interesting. A single specimen of the 
striped Mantis was brought me on August 19th, by Mr. R. H. Yapp, 
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