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A very variable insect. Messrs. Davidson, Bell and Aitken 

 state that the larvae feed on capers, that they are "gregarious 

 throughout their existence," and that "the eggs are laid in batches 

 of from ten to forty." 



Larva. " When hatched a line long, olive colour, with a distinct 

 glossy jet-black head. After first moult. One fourth inch long; 

 grass-green ; dorsal line very distinct, dark green ; lateral line 

 very broad, plum-coloured and mottled, dentated into the ground- 

 colour, on the last two segments on its upperside ; a small white 

 spot on either side of dorsal line on each segment; a yellow spot 

 on each segment on the lateral line on either side ; abdomen 

 glossy green ; ventral line distinct, rather interrupted, grass- 

 green ; all the legs green, hairy ; head shiny black with a green 

 triangular mark in front, covered with stiff whitish hairs ; stigmata 

 dark-coloured ; sides greyish green, slightly wrinkled transversely ; 

 the portion of ground-colour between lateral and dorsal line 

 slightly powdered with yellow ; hair whitish grey ; anal segment 

 black and hairy ; first segment rather swollen in front. After last 

 moult. Length 1^ inch long; cylindrical, broader towards the 

 head, slightly tomentose on back, hairy on the sides ; otherwise as 



after first moult Food- plant, the pea-leaved Caper 



( Camparis pyrifotia)." 



Pupa. " Five-eighths of an inch long, transparent, pale cream- 

 colour. In front a longish tubercle directed forwards, with a 

 black mark on each side, and a smaller one on either side of 

 4th segment perfectly black ; a lateral line of pale plum-colour, on 

 Avhich is a longitudinal line of yellow round dots, one on each 

 segment, and a transverse row of dots on each segment ; dashed 

 and marked with black, particularly on the abdomen. After the 

 escape of the imago, the 5th and 6th segments of the pupa become 

 blood-red." (Capt. H. L. Chaumette MS. notes as quoted by 

 Moore.) 



Race taprobana, Moore. Differs from the typical form as 

 follows : (^ . Upperside, fore wing : deep black on apical area, 

 the enclosed white elongate spots more or less obsolete. Hind 

 wing : the black terminal border much broader and of a deeper 

 black, the enclosed white spots, except the spot in interspace 6, 

 very much smaller, somewhat obsolescent, sometimes absent in 

 interspace 4. Underside : similar to the upperside, the markings 

 of a very intense black and broader, the enclosed spots in the 

 apical area of fore wing, the white of the cell and the area 

 along the upper half of the wing generally overlaid with rich 

 chrome-yellow. Hind wing: ground-colour a deep rich chrome- 

 yellow, the spots on it enclosed in the black along terminal margin 

 subhastate, the spot in interspace 4 absent. $ . Similar to the tf 

 ou both upper and under sides, but in all the specimens I have 

 seen, on the upperside the spots of the white ground-colour 

 that are enclosed in the black apical area of the fore wing and 

 the spots on the black border along the terminal margin of the 



