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  S. 
  A. 
  NEAVE. 
  

  

  Haematopota 
  crudelis, 
  Aust. 
  

  

  Although 
  the 
  original 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  recently 
  described 
  species 
  came 
  from 
  

   German 
  East 
  Africa, 
  it 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  uncommon 
  near 
  Mt. 
  Mlanje, 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  months 
  of 
  October 
  and 
  November 
  considerable 
  numbers 
  of 
  both 
  sexes 
  were 
  

   taken. 
  The 
  first 
  larvae 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  which 
  I 
  succeeded 
  in 
  obtaining 
  belonged 
  to 
  

   this 
  species. 
  Several 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  September 
  and 
  October, 
  and 
  though 
  

  

  Fig. 
  15. 
  Pupal 
  aster 
  of 
  Haematopota 
  crudelis, 
  Aust. 
  X 
  35. 
  

   many 
  were 
  lost, 
  2 
  males 
  and 
  3 
  females 
  eventually 
  emerged 
  in 
  October 
  and 
  November. 
  

   The 
  larva 
  (Plate 
  xxvii, 
  fig. 
  6) 
  differs 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  H. 
  insatiabilis 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  pigmented 
  

   areas 
  round 
  the 
  anus 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  syphon 
  being 
  more 
  pronounced. 
  The 
  

   pupal 
  aster 
  has 
  hooks 
  of 
  nearly 
  equal 
  length 
  and 
  forms 
  a 
  very 
  regular 
  star. 
  There 
  

   is 
  no 
  true 
  dorso-lateral 
  comb, 
  though 
  one 
  female 
  individual 
  has 
  a 
  minute 
  knob-like 
  

   process 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  Haematopota 
  distincta, 
  Ric. 
  

  

  What 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  large 
  black 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  variable 
  species, 
  closely 
  resembling 
  

   the 
  melanic 
  form 
  of 
  H. 
  alluaudi, 
  Sure, 
  was 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  Plateau 
  of 
  Mlanje 
  Moun- 
  

   tain. 
  It 
  also 
  occurred, 
  but 
  less 
  commonly, 
  in 
  the 
  forests 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountain, 
  

   where 
  it 
  was 
  largely 
  replaced 
  by 
  another 
  species 
  apparently 
  allied 
  to 
  it 
  and 
  to 
  

   H. 
  neavei, 
  Aust. 
  This 
  species 
  and 
  its 
  allies 
  are 
  all 
  essentially 
  forest 
  insects 
  and 
  are 
  

   usually 
  associated 
  with 
  mountains, 
  being 
  generally 
  present 
  in 
  very 
  large 
  numbers 
  

   when 
  they 
  do 
  occur. 
  I 
  was 
  not 
  successful 
  in 
  finding 
  the 
  larvae, 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   supposed 
  live 
  in 
  running 
  water 
  or 
  possibly 
  in 
  the 
  soil 
  in 
  the 
  dense 
  forests, 
  which 
  is 
  

   always 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  wet 
  in 
  these 
  localities. 
  

  

  Haematopota 
  decora, 
  Walk. 
  

  

  This 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  common 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  Mlanje 
  district, 
  as 
  it 
  prefers 
  lower 
  and 
  drier 
  

   country, 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  individuals 
  were 
  taken 
  and 
  a 
  single 
  female 
  was 
  bred 
  from 
  a 
  collected 
  

   pupa 
  on 
  the 
  26th 
  November 
  1913. 
  The 
  larva 
  was 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  Haematopota 
  type, 
  

   but 
  the 
  pigmented 
  areas 
  on 
  the 
  anal 
  segment 
  were 
  of 
  an 
  orange 
  colour. 
  This 
  might, 
  

  

  Fig. 
  16. 
  Haematopota 
  decora, 
  Walk., 
  $; 
  (a) 
  pupal 
  aster, 
  x 
  35: 
  

   (a 
  1 
  ) 
  dorso-lateral 
  comb, 
  X 
  70. 
  

  

  however, 
  have 
  been 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  mature 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  larva, 
  which 
  was 
  about 
  to 
  

   pupate. 
  The 
  pupal 
  aster 
  is 
  regular 
  in 
  shape. 
  A 
  dorso-lateral 
  comb, 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   three 
  spines, 
  is 
  present. 
  

  

  