12 OOLIAS EDUSA. 



spray of Lotus comiculatus, of which I at once had a 

 small plant potted and the butterfly placed on it and 

 exposed to the sunshine, when she recommenced 

 laying eggs, and by 5 p.m. had deposited more than 

 150 ; the next day was cloudy and none were laid 

 until 4.30 p.m., when this female and another recom- 

 menced laying on another plant of Lotus comiculatus. 



This individual female seemed certainly worn, never- 

 theless I strongly incline to the belief that by far the 

 greater number of those I saw on the wing at this 

 time must have passed the exceptionally mild winter 

 in the pupa state. 



The two eggs Mr. Daubeny brought me hatched on 

 the evening of the 16th, those laid on the 12th began 

 to hatch on the morning of the 18th June. 



The newly-hatched larva is olivaceous, suffused with 

 deep pink, or it may be called pinkish- brown, the head 

 dark or blackish brown. The young larva remains on 

 the leaf on which it was hatched, and on which it 

 begins to feed, only wandering to another leaf when 

 too many larvse happen to be together. It is very 

 quiet and still and eats white transparent blotches on 

 the leaf. 



On the 21st of June, those first hatched had just 

 passed their first moult ; their heads now appeared 

 smaller in proportion to the body, which was longer 

 and more velvety green, though still showing some of 

 the pinkish-red tinge. 



At the next or second moult, which with the ear- 

 liest examples commenced on the 25th, the colouring 

 becomes darkish green, matching very well the colour 

 of the leaf on which they feed ; for a few hours the 

 head was paler, but soon after it became green like 

 the body. 



By the 5th of July some had moulted the third time 

 and were now half an inch in length and at first dark 

 velvety-green, becoming gradually rather lighter green 

 and showing the pale spiracular line. By the 18th 

 some had moulted a fourth, others even a fifth time, 



