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rare occurrence, and likewise of the pupa, worthy 

 of notice for its short ovate shape. The caterpillar 

 of Nymphalis Amphinome (drawn on a plant which 

 our author calls Indian Jasmine, but which is the 

 Plumieria rubra of Linn.) is distinguished by 

 having its head surrounded with a coronet of eight 

 occipital spines, and two long anal horns, similar to 

 those in the caterpillar of the common puss moth 

 ( Centra vinula)^ but to all appearance not en- 

 closing tentacula, as is the case in the instance just 

 mentioned. Although Pap. Nestor is asserted to 

 have been produced from the caterpillar on the 

 pomegranate branch (Plate ix.), there is some reason 

 to doubt the accuracy of this statement, as its form 

 and oblique lateral stripes rather indicate its con- 

 nexion with the crepuscular or nocturnal lepidoptera. 

 Plate xi. affords good representations of the two 

 sexes of a conspicuous moth, Attacus Erythrince, 

 and a beautiful species of the plant from which the 

 insect obtains its name. " If we can depend on 

 the drawings of the Iarva3," says Mr. Guilding, 

 " and the accompanying statements, we have here 

 an extraordinary instance of the change which 

 takes place during the development of the larva. 

 I have myself, as well as other observers, witnessed 

 the disappearance of spots, the alteration of colour, 

 and the variations in the clothing of caterpillars, 

 but have never noticed such great changes as are 

 here described. The yellow larva at its first moult* 

 ing exchanges its transverse bands for lateral spots ; 

 at the second, the six strong spines which defend 



