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the band itself) as far as first median nervule, — and outwardly by an 

 ill-defined, blackish streak, which always becomes obsolete towards 

 costa, about second subcostal nervule ; beyond band, two transverse 

 rows of dull-blackish, sublunular marks, edged, the first exteriorly^ the 

 second interiorly, with metallic glistening-whitish, thin rays of which, 

 between nervules, in some places unite the two rows ; between second 

 and first median nervules, these two rows unite almost wJiolly, forming 

 a large, imperfect, steely ocellus, black-ringed, and with a pale-blue 

 pupil in its outer half; a similarly coloured, but larger, and perfect 

 ocellus, bipupillate with blue, succeeds at anal angle ; around it, and 

 bordering hind-margin, for the greater part, is a yellow-ochreous space ; 

 hind-margin narrowly bordered with a black edging, which is very 

 thinly edged with whitish inwardly and outwardly. 



$ Like ^, hut somewhat duller and paler (the fore-wing with a 

 brownish tinge) ; common transverse white hand considerahly hroader in 

 hind-wing and near inner margin of fore-wing ; hind-marginal lunules 

 of hind-wing whitish. Under side. — As in ^, but the common white 

 band broader, and the markings beyond it not so distinct. 



The variety which M. Oberthiir has named G. Junius appears to 

 be proper to Abyssinia. I have not seen it ; but its distinguishing 

 feature is in the colour of the common transverse band, which is stated 

 to be pale-yellow instead of white. 



Laeva. — Bright yellow-green (covered with minute yellow granules) ; 

 second and last segments of a much duller green than the others. On 

 each side of back a row of cuneiform yellowish marks, broad anteriorly, 

 and deflected upward and posteriorly, narrowing to a point before hind- 

 edge of the segment. On seventh segment a yellow-circular dorsal 

 marking with a brown centre. Head light-green ; the frontal horns 

 short and tipped with cobalt-blue, — the two outer horns shorter than 

 the two middle ones ; mandibles light-blue tipped with black. (W. D. 

 Gooch, M.S. description and outline drawing of Natalian larva, 1874.) 

 Captain H. C. Harford, who also observed the larva in Natal, saw 

 the ova deposited on the leaves of the Seringa (Melia azedarach), and 

 noted that they were at first pale-yellow, but became in a few hours 

 reddish-brown. From an egg that was watched on a leaf out of doors 

 the larva was hatched on the eighth day after its deposit. It was 

 brownish- green, with the head and horns brown, and the caudal pro- 

 cesses very long and curved inward. After the first moult, it was 

 dark olive-green, with a slight indication of a pale spot on the back of 

 the seventh segment ; the head being of a darker brown, but the horns 

 lighter at the tip; while the anal processes were light ashy-grey. 

 After the second moult, it became dark-green minutely irrorated with 

 white, and showed the whitish spot on the seventh segment much more 

 distinctly ; the head was larger in proportion to the body, and pre- 

 sented an ochreous line running along the sides and along outer edge 

 of the horns. After the third moult, it remained of the same dark- 



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