Ogyris Genoveva. 345 



"Pupa. — 9 to 10 lines, dull black, smooth and 

 rounded, with the usual central girth. 



" The larva, which is nocturnal in its habits, feeds 

 upon Loranthus sp., descending and remaining beneath 

 the surface of the ground during the day, where also it 

 undergoes its changes, fastening up to projections of 

 wood at the foot of the tree which bears its food-plant, 

 immediately under the surface. It is social in its habits, 

 numbers in all stages and of various ages being found 

 together. 



" It apparently secretes some sweet substance, being 

 invariably attended by numbers of large ants (a pecu- 

 liarity common to other of the Tlieclince, as I have 

 observed the same thing occur with Ialmenus Evagoras 

 and I. Ictinus).* 



" The imago makes its appearance from November to 

 April." 



Explanation of Plate XV. 



Fig. 1. Ogyris Genoveva, $ . 



2. „ „ ?. 



3. „ „ $,var. 



4. „ ,, larva. 



5. „ „ pupa. 

 The plant is Loranthus sp. 



* Ants are known to attend on the larvae of several European 

 and North American species of Lyccena for the sake of a sweet 

 secretion. Vide W. H. Edwards, Canacl. Ent., x., pp. 1 — 15 

 131—136, 160 (1878).— W. F. K. 



