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they are nearly always attended by ants, and this fact is of great use in 

 searching for them, as it is easier to notice the ants than to see the larva:. 



Their food-plant is a species of Cassia, and they show a partiality to the 

 young buds. When moulting they spin two or three leaves together, in 

 which they lie until the change is effected. Often two or three will go into 

 partnership to build this temporary cocoon, but as soon as the cocoon is 

 finished the partnership is dissolved, and they wander off in different direc- 

 tions. The partnership is almost invariably brought about by the agency of 

 ants, who pilot the larvre to a suitable spot. The final cocoon is but a little 

 more compact than the temporary ones and usually consists of two leaves, 

 loosely woven together and open at both ends. The pupa is firmly fixed by 

 the tail to one portion of the cocoon, and is dark-brown or blackish in 

 colour. The head is rounded and stands out in relief from the body by 

 reason of the very prominent shoulders. The abdomen tapers gradually. 



The larvse viewed under the microscope show a remarkable arrangement 

 of star-like, fleshy processes which .cover the entire skin so closely as to 

 form a complete net-like coat. Fig. 8 shows a portion of the skin at the 

 site of one of the lateral spots, viewed from above and it will be observed 

 that the colouration is confined to the stellate processes. Fig. 4 shows 

 them in profile. 



The pupse hatch out in from ten days to some weeks, this depending 

 on the season. 



F. C. FEASEE, m.d., 



Captain, i.m.s. 

 Hyderabad, Sind, June 1910. 



LIFE HISTORY OF APHNCEUS HYPARGYRUS. 



Explanation of Plate. 



Fig. 1. Egg, seen under \ objective. 



„ 2. Pillars, showing process retracted and protruded. 



,, 3. Skin, showing arrangement of the stellate papillse. 



,, 4. Stellate papillse in profile. 



„ o. Larva, slightly enlarged. 



6. Pupa. 



„ 7. c? imago. 



„ 8- $ » 



9. § ., (underside). 



No. XXVII.— ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. 



CROCE FILIPENNIS, westw. 



( With a Plate.) 



In April the insect is found flying in houses usually in the morning and 



evening. It hovers in the air, not however at one place but always with 



