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of thirteen eggs only three larvae were found. The food-plant rotted and had to be 

 tlirowu away, as it turned quite black ; one dead larva was found on the rotten plant. 

 The old food-plant was put into a bottle with fresh leaves, but no larvse appeared. The 

 best plan is to put one egg only in a very small bottle, when each larva emerges it can 

 then be found without fail. (Mrs. S. Robson.) 



Note by Mr. de Niceville. 



Mrs. S. Eobson has very kindly sent me a live pupa of Camena cleohis, Godart, 

 which I describe as follows : — Pupa attached to the underside of a leaf from which it 

 hangs free, with no silk band across the middle as is usual in the Lycseiiidse. It is 

 fixed to the leaf by the anal segment, being attached to a small pad of pure white 

 silk. The anal segment where it touches the leaf is slightly widened out, thus forming 

 a broad circular attaching base. The two following segments slightly decrease in 

 width, beyond these the pupa is of the usual lycsenid shape. The dorsal view of the 

 pupa presents almost a right-angle, the apex of the angle being slightly rounded. The 

 al)dominal view presents an angle of about 45°, the short portion of this view consisting 

 of the three basal segments, beyond which is the long portion which is composed of the 

 wing-cases and the head. The head ends in two short conical blunt processes ; behind 

 these there is on each side a slight depression which bears a pure white dot, and 

 probably answers to the eyes of the imago. On each side running down to the apices 

 of the cone-like processes is a pure white line. The dorsum is smooth and humped in 

 the middle. The first abdominal segment is the widest, and is produced into a broad 

 Muut process anteriorly, which slightly overhangs the dorsum. The abdominal 

 segments somewhat rapidly decrease in width, but again, as said before, widen out 

 slightly wlierethe anal one joins the leaf. The coloration throughout is dark umber- 

 lirown, with a broad lighter brown band on each side of the abdominal segments above. 

 ]\lrs. Robson informs me that in another pupa in her possession the top of the head- 

 case is green with a green bar on each side ; the two conical head-processes are also 

 green ; also that the whole pupa can move to the extent of one-eighth of an inch, 

 the " hinge " being at the point where the abdominal segments meet the wing-cases in 

 the dorsal line. The pupa, on pressure being applied to the anterior thicker portion, 

 touches the leaf to which it is attached at the anterior or head end, but it springs 

 hack to the normal position when the pressure is removed. 



The fortunate discovery of the transformations of the species adds one more to 

 the interesting list of the lycsenid. pup?e which are abnormal in their mode of 

 attachment, lacking a silken girdle entirely. 



In a note from de Niceville, in Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1895, vol. ix., opposite 

 p. 339, he states : — " In LIr. P. W. Mackiunon's collection is a male specimen of 



