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and continued throughout over the hump as far as the 

 anal flap. 



After the second moult, they were an inch long, and 

 then broke up their society, and separated for inde- 

 pendent existence, yet were sufficiently amiable, when- 

 ever they chanced to find themselves near each other, 

 to agree perfectly well at any time. While resting, 

 they still elevated the front part of their bodies as 

 when younger. At this stage, the colour of the back 

 was much lighter green, the dorsal line dark green, 

 except at the apex of the hump, where it was black ; the 

 sides were of a fuller green finely dotted with black. On 

 the back the dots showed greenish, though they had 

 become nearly obsolete there ; the stripes on the head 

 were alternately whitish-yellow and dark green, on 

 the thoracic segments the whitish spiracular ridge was 

 conspicuous, as also on the other segments were the side 

 stripes of yellowish- white bordered above with deep 

 green, and these alsonow not only reached the segmental 

 division in their downward slant, but crossed it, and 

 were thence continued narrowly and obscurely below 

 on the segment following. 



After the third moult, their growth was quick ; two 

 days' feeding increased the length from 1 inch 3 lines 

 to 1 inch 4^ lines, with greater stoutness also in pro- 

 portion, the thoracic segments decidedly tapering to 

 the small head ; the relative colouring much as before, 

 paler whitish-yellow-green on the back, with deeper 

 green dorsal line, black at top of the prolonged hump, 

 which was now seen to be slightly divided into two 

 blunt points ; the yellowish side stripes margined both 

 above and below with deep green, and the sides below 

 them of still deeper green, irrorated with fine black 

 dots, except just where the attenuated continuations 

 of the side stripes could be traced; the bases of the 

 anterior legs black. 



After the fourth and last moult, their docile behaviour 

 continued to be remarkable, as they showed no dis- 

 inclination to be handled, but grew quite lethargic, 



