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median dorsal pink stripe from head to tail, bounded by an olive-green stripe on each 
side. 1st segment reddish brown superiorly, with short tubercles on each side ; a pair 
of short pink tubercles dorso-laterally, bounded inwardly by dark olive-green, and 
joined by a fine pink transverse line on 2nd and 3rd segments; tail bifid. 
2nd stage. Pale green above, darker green underneath ; all the markings described 
in Ist stage defined by slightly darker green, except the olive-green area on the back 
of the thoracic segments, which has become dark green in this stage, while the pink 
median dorsal line and transverse stripes have become a rather startling whitish cross. 
3rd (and final) stage. Shortly before changing into a pupa the larva loses all its 
distinctive marks, and becomes very pale yellow all over, almost diaphanous. 
Feeds on Popovia caffra (Kaffir name, “small Maswinda ”), a common shrub in the 
coast district. 
Pupa. Bright green. On each side of back, trom apex of dorso-thoracic projection 
to anal extremity, a narrow yellow elevated stripe; on summit of back a pair of similar 
stripes commencing considerably apart near base of dorso-thoracic projection, and 
converging till they meet at anal extremity. A series of diamond-shaped lozenges 
down the back, mediaily, and a series of diagonal streaks subdorsally between the two 
yellow stripes, and extending beyond them to the cephalic area. Duration of pupal 
stage 21 days (24th January to 16th February). 
Common in Durban and the coast-zone. I have taken the allied species Papilio 
leonidas in the same coverts and at the same time. It is, I should say, doubtful if 
they are distinct species. P. drasidas is the commoner species in the Durban district. 
I have not met with either in the vicinity of Maritzburg. 
16. Papmio morania (Angas). (Plate XLVI. figs. 37-39, larva; fig. 40, pupa.) 
Larva (early stage). General colour grass-green on back, incisions of segments pale 
blue; two dark chocolate-brown lateral stripes above spiracles (which are white), 
Head, thoracic legs, claspers, and bifid tail brownish yellow. Ist segment yellow 
dorsally, bearing two short tubercles on each side; 2nd and 3rd segments bearing 
dorso-laterally a pair of black spines, short, with orange bases, and joined by two broad 
transverse streaks of chocolate-brown; that on the 2nd segment having three brown 
spots posteriorly, and that on 3rd segment five brown spots anteriorly, and being much 
larger than the other, extending posteriorly over part of the next segment; from this 
three dark brown longitudinal lines, one dorsal and two subdorsal, extend to the 
11th segment, where the two subdorsal lines become two chocolate-brown spots joined 
by fine transyerse lines, while the dorsal line (which is much finer than the others) 
extends to the tail. A double lateral line of black spots along the segments, two on 
each segment along the upper line, and one on each segment in the lower line. 
2nd stage. On casting its last skin, the larva emerges exactly the same as in the 
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