Epacyomia lludassiii.a, Fabr. ; River Stura and River Sangoiie, 

 Turin. Pachytylus danicus, L. {cinerascens , Fabr.) ; Rivef 

 Stura, Turin, and River Scrivia, Arquata Scrivia. Oedipoda 

 tniniata, Pall. ; Arquata Scrivia, and Aigle, Rhone Valley. 

 Oe. caeridescens, L. ; Sassi ; River Sangone ; River Stura (all 

 envirdns of Turin), and Arquata Scrivia. 

 , Larva and Pui-a of a Morpjio. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner 

 exhibited a tinted photograph of the larval habit of assembly, 

 when not feeding, of Morpho laertes (?) sent to him by Mr. F. 

 Lindeman of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and also a coloured photograph 

 of the pupa in situ showing its close protective re^semblance, 

 and read the following note frosn his correspondent. 



''Nov. 18, 1919. 

 " I have a good number of caterpillars feeding; the most 

 interesting are a bunch of the larvae of some Morpho — probably 

 a local form of M. laertes — I think, about the most beautiful 

 caterpillars I have seen. I found them in two colonies, one 

 6i about ten and the other about thirty, all sitting together. 

 At first I thought it was a beautiful orchid flower (and this 

 is undoubtedly the impression they try to give). They had 

 already changed their slrin for the last time, and were about 

 I of an inch thick and about three inches long. The pre- 

 dominant colour is bright red-— like red velvet— but on closer 

 examination they have also deep yellow, blue and white. I 

 have tried to make a jiainting of one; but I think it defies my 

 skill, so I am resorting to the camera. They s]nn all over a 

 leaf, and sit on it altogether^ — they make quite sure that 

 the leaf can't fall off by spinning it securely on to the branch. 

 At night they eat, and the next day you find thetn in exactly 

 the same place again; in fact, if you hadn't seen them feeding 

 at night (and to do this they, of course, separate) you would 

 think they hadn't moved. When changing their food I 

 always leave their spun-over leaf (their house) — and I have 

 hud them three weeks and they still inhabit the same house. 

 The leaf drying up doesn't worry them; in fact, I found them 

 on a dried-up leaf. A gentleman here, who has collected many 

 years, told me it was useless trying to feed Morpho caterpillars 

 in captivity as they always sat in a corner in the cage or ran 



