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the common margin of segments 2 and 3 as bases ; other spiracles oval 

 light brown in colour with white linear central slit, not small, more or less 

 flush. The colour is ordinarily green with a similar yellow saddle to that 

 described for P. polymnestor . If the pupa is against a grey bark or in a 

 cage then it may be variegated with brown and pink, black and grey, white 

 and green all together, in which case there is of course no yellow saddle. 

 L : 45mm ; B at segment 7 : 19 mm ; at shoulders : 6'omm ; L of head-points. 

 3mm. 



Habits. — The larva, when full grown, generally lives in the 

 centre of the npperside of the leaf, lying along the mid-rib always 

 when it is young. Sometimes, when mature, it prefers, like most 

 other Ta'j)%lio larvae, the stalk of the leaf or a twig. It is slow in 

 its halting movements and wanders to pupate. The young larva 

 is one of those that imitate bird-droppings by the pattern of 

 colouration and its oily look and somewhat irregular surface. The 

 imago deposits its eggs, one at a time, on mature leaves of the 

 foodplant in shady places in heavy jungle, choosing, as a very 

 general rule, small saplings with foliage about 10 to 20' from the 

 ground. Two larvae ai*e often found on the same little tree with 

 very few leaves left between them at the end of their growth. 

 The pupation takes place on the underside of a twig or strong 

 leaf-rib and the loop is rather long, longer than in fjolymnestoT . 

 The yellow saddle adds greatly to the difficulty of seeing the 

 pupa from below and it is always difficult to find amongst the 

 green leaves of the plant where it is formed. The larva wanders 

 sometimes long distances before turning into a chrysalis. The 

 imago is an insect of the jungles and hills and regions of heavy 

 rainfall ; it is never found far away from these, but may stray 

 into the plains along the borders. It flies fast, always seems to be 

 in a great hui-ry, even when stopping to hover for a moment over 

 a flower for food, and is rarely seen at rest. It is fond of the big 

 jungles and keeps entirely to the protection of trees, often ver}- 

 near the ground, never seems to bask in the sun and comes to rest 

 in dull weather on the upper surface of some leaf, often high up 

 in the tops of trees, with its wings held quite horizontal, the 

 upper wing drawn down over the hinder one so as to completely 

 hide . the conspicuous white patch on the latter. It is then not 

 very easily seen and the position is evidently assumed for the 



