296 LIEUT.-COL. J. M. FAWCETT ON THE 
23rd Jan. to 4th Feb.). I reared one specimen from the egg which I saw deposited 
by the female, but regret that I made no notes of the earlier stages, save that the 
young larve were, during the first two moults, lighter and more violaceous in colour, 
and the spines were proportionately much smaller. 
The imago is common everywhere in Natal. 
9. Junonia ceria (Cramer). (Plate XLVI. fig. 14, larva; fig. 15, pupa.) 
Larva. Dark slaty black, covered with minute yellowish-white atoms, and each 
segment bearing black branched spines as in the larva of J. cebrene, from which it only 
differs in being lighter coloured and brownish underneath, and in having an interrupted 
white lateral line above spiracles. 
Feeds on Asystasia coromandeliana. 
Pupa. Dark chocolate-brown ; wing-covers lighter ; yellowish-white spots on thorax 
and each segment and wing-covers, as in pupa of J. cebrene. Duration of pupal stage 
11 days (March 1 to 12). 
Imago very common in Durban, more rarely seen in Maritzburg. 
10. Pyramets carpur (Linneus). 
The larva of this well-known species has been so often described that any description 
here would be superfluous; 1 will therefore merely state that I reared it ona large 
species of thistle named Stobaa discolor (Harv.). The larva was very similar to that 
of Junonia clelia, but differed in being longer in proportion to its width ; the branched 
spines were yellow instead of black, and the black dorsal line was more defined ; the 
pupa was beautifully gilded. 
11. CHARAXES CANDIOPE (Godart). (Plate XLVI. fig. 16, larva; fig. 17, pupa.) 
Larva. Grass-green, irrorated with minute yellow spots, which coalesce into a lateral 
line below the spiracles, which ends on the 12th segment in a bifid tail. On the 6th 
and 8th segments are placed three yellow spots with orange centres, one dorsal and 
two subdorsal, the dorsal spot being larger than the subdorsal spots and more oval in 
shape. Head dark green in front, brownish to pale yellow at the sides, with four light 
brown serrated horns, two springing divergently from the top of the head and two 
from the sides. 
Feeds on a species of Croton, probably Croton sylvaticus (Hochst). 
Pupa. Grass-green ; very short and thick, suspended by tail to stem of food-plant. 
I am indebted to Mr. Walter Butcher for a specimen of this larva from the neighbour- 
hood of Durban, where the imago is common on the Berea in the summer months. 
