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the older woody stems). I imagine, however, from one of the red ones which 
I found on its native food-plant, the wild Cape vine (Cissus capensis), that this 
tint was probably acquired in relation to the latter plant, which is densely clothed 
with red down on the younger shoots and underside of the leaves. I have noticed 
the common Cape Butcher-bird (Fiscus collaris) taking capensis-larve from the 
cultivated vines at Cape Town and spiking them on thorns; such persecution would 
seem to show that these larve are in need of protective resemblance to their food- 
plants.” 
11. Cua#rocampa osiris (Dalman). (Plate XLVIII. figs. 3, 4, larva; figs. 5, 6, 
pupa.) 
Larva. Ground-colour pale green, thickly irrorated with darker green diamond- 
shaped spots as in C. capensis. A paler green lateral stripe from 5th to 11th somites, 
ending at a very small yellow horn. Two large “ eye ”-like spots (green with a light 
blue centre, on which are placed six minute white spots), surrounded by a narrow light 
yellow iris, on 4th somite; two smaller round yellow spots on dth somite. Head, 
spiracles, and claspers green; mandibles and thoracic legs pink. 
When ready for transformation the larva becomes pale reddish brown with a 
violaceous suffusion; the intersections of the somites and lateral stripe become white, 
while the diamond-shaped spots become black where they are most thickly placed near 
the junction of the somites; the large “eye-like” spots become brown with a green 
iris, while the yellow spot becomes black. ‘The effect of these changes is to give the 
larva, when viewed dorsally, a very startling resemblance to a snake of the banded 
Krait species. 
Feeds on the common vine. 
Pupa light brown dorsally, variegated with black spots and streaks defining head, 
eyes, antenn, wing-covers, nervures, and abdominal somites; breast, wing-covers, and 
underside of abdomen pale pink flesh-coloured. 
This pupa is chiefly remarkable for its abnormally long snout, the palpi-covers being 
produced to form a shield or covering for the haustellum, 
The transformation takes place amongst leaves on the surface of the ground, without 
much attempt at making a chamber with a web, the leaves being loosely strung 
together by means of a silken thread. 
This larva was received from Bellevue, a suburb of Durban ; the imago seems to be 
rather uncommon. 
12. CH#ROCAMPA BALSAMINA (Boisduval). (Plate XLVIII. fig. 1, larva ; fig. 2, 
pupa.) 
Larva, Ground-colour bright grass-green ; from 6th to 11th somites a brown inter- 
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