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men. I have seen the Fijian children treat G. celerio and 

 P. convolvuli in the same way. 



4. Cephonodes hylas. 



This handsome insect was common in the Gilbert group, 

 flying about the flowers of Guettarda speciosa. I was fortu- 

 nate enough to find the larva feeding upon the same plant, 

 and I append description : — General colour pale apple-green ; 

 head lighter. Segment over top of head powdered with 

 minute yellow dots. Spiracles red. A faint yellow line over 

 the spiracles, and a colourless dorsal line ; caudal horn-green, 

 minutely dusted with black. This larva changed to a pupa 

 upon the clay after capture, but came to nothing, being pro- 

 bably killed by the rolling of the ship. The dead pupa was 

 in the box of insects. 



5. Deiopeia p>ulchella. 



Common both in the Ellice and Gilbert groups upon Tour- 

 nefortia argentea, upon which shrub I also noticed the larva, 

 which I find described in my diary as " a dirty greyish white, 

 spotted with black and red, and with pale-coloured hairs." I 

 once saw the perfect insect in Fiji, singularly enough upon 

 the same shrub. 



6. Prodenia retina. 

 Also observed in Fiji. 



7. Amyna octo. 



Common on all the islands, flying about the Abutilon 

 mentioned above. 



8. Heliothis armigera. 



Common on all the islands of the Gilbert group visited by 

 me except Tamana, where I failed to notice it. It flies about 

 the plants of Abutilon, and is shy and wary. 



14. Margaronia Woodfordri, n. sp. 



Common throughout the Gilbert group upon Guettarda 

 speciosa, from which shrub I obtained it by shaking the 

 leaves. I also found the larva rolled up in the leaves of the 

 same shrub. 



