694 Explanation of Plates. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXII. 
All the figures are represented nearly ¢ of the natural size. 
A variety of Hypolimnas misippus 2, together with types of the 
offspring reared from its eggs. 
Fic. 1. The parent. Captured Jan. 2, 1904, at Durban, Natal. 
Laid 41 eggs, from which 16 butterflies were reared. 
Examples of all varieties among the offspring are repre- 
sented in the remaining figures of this plate. 
2. Female. Form misippus Emerged from the pupa Feb. 2, 
1904. Another female with the sub-apical white bar of 
a very similar shape emerged Feb, 3, 1994 (pupated 
Jan. 27). 
3. Female. Form intermediate between misippus and inaria, 
resembling parent except that the white sub-apical bar is 
much obscured by scattered brown scales, the difference 
being greater than is indicated by a comparison of figures 
3 and 1. This is the only one of the offspring which 
resembles the parent at all closely. Emerged Feb. 4, 
1904. 
4. Female. Form misippus Kmerged Feb. 8, 1904 (pupated 
Feb. 2). Another female with the sub-apical white bar 
of a very similar shape emerged Feb. 4, 1904 (pupated 
Jan. 28). 
Female. Form inaria. <A slight approach towards the 
parental form is seen in the sharp and distinct outline of 
the sub-apical bar, which however possesses the normal 
brown shade of inaria. Emerged Feb. 4, 1904. 
6. Female. Form inaria. Emerged Feb. 5, 1904 (pupated 
Jan. 30). Another similar female emerged Feb. 5, 1904. 
7. Male. Emerged Feb. 3, 1904 (pupated Jan. 28). The 
largest of the eight male offspring. 
8. Male. Emerged Feb. 2, 1904. The smallest of the eight 
male offspring. The six unfigured males emerged on 
Feb, 4 (two ; one small), Feb. 5 (two ; one of them rather 
small), Feb. 8, and Feb. 11. 
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