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rupted dorsal streak, and traces of two double subdorsal streaks mainly formed by 

 small brown spots arranged in transverse rows across the somites. On the 4th somite 

 a pair of black " eye "-like spots with a white iris ; on the 5th somite a pair of red 

 "eye "-like spots with a white iris, and between these the dorsal streak above 

 mentioned is continued, green in colour, to the head ; thoracic legs pink ; head and 

 claspers green ; horn light brown and straight, ending in a point. 



Feeds on Jussicea repens (Linnaeus). 



Pupa. Head, thorax, and wing-covers yellowish brown, remainder of body reddish 

 brown, paler dorsally and abdominally ; palpi-covers slightly produced and prominent. 

 The pupa is formed in a light web amongst leaves on the surface of the ground, in the 

 usual manner of the larvee of Cheer ocampinm. 



The imago emerges in about a fortnight (in February). 



Found in Durban district. 



13. Ch^rocampa ideicus (Drury). (Plate XLIX. fig. 1, larva ; fig. 2, pupa.) 



Larva. Ground-colour pale green; each somite, from 4th to 10th, with a pair of 

 triangular spots, brown superiorly, yellow inferiorly, at its anterior edge. The pair of 

 spots on 11th somite are lengthened into a brown and yellow streak, and end in the 

 horn, which is brown, and sharp-pointed like a thorn. The pair of spots on the 4th 

 somite are larger than the remainder, and bear on their yellow area an oval, black, 

 " eye "-like spot with a white pupil near its upper edge ; each spot has three minute 

 white points on its brown area ; spiracles white ; a pinky-white subspiracular line, and 

 above it a collection of brown points at each intersection of the somites. Head and 

 claspers green, thoracic legs light brown. 



Feeds on Spermacoce natalensis (Hochst), a common herb among the grass of the 

 veldt. 



Pupa. Pale golden brown, with small black spots defining the nervures on the wing- 

 covers, and sprinkled over the abdominal somites ; spiracles black. Period of pupation 

 about 23 days. Habits and transformation similar to other species of the genus. 



The imago is very common, hovering over flowers in gardens in Maritzburg, from 

 the early afternoon till dusk. 



The larva and pupa are here figured X f in size on nature. 



14. Daphnis nekii (Linnaeus). 



The transformations of this insect are so well known that figures and detailed 

 descriptions are unnecessary here ; but it may be as well to note that numerous 

 specimens were reared from the larva on oleander, which plant is a common shrub in 

 gardens in Maritzburg. The colour of the larva in Natal is very pale green (almost 



