28 LASIOMMATA NIGERIA. 



The pupa is half an inch long, very plump, and of 

 pale yellowish green; on the subdorsal lines, which are 

 slightly raised, there are raised dots, two of which are 

 pale yellow on each side of the broadest part of the 

 back of the abdomen; the surface is smooth, but with- 

 out gloss; the abdominal segments are scarcely indicated 

 by any divisions. 



The butterfly came forth June 4th, 1873. (W. B., 

 Note Book II, 1.) 



HlPPARCHIA SEMELE. 



Plate IY, fig. 3. 



Eggs of this species were obtained by Dr. Knaggs 

 in 1864, and were sent to the Eev. J. Hellins July 26th 

 and August 3rd ; some of them hatched August 8th, 

 and others continuously for three or four days. 



The larvae were at first ochreous, with a blackish 

 interrupted dorsal line ; they fed on Triticum reopens, 

 were very sluggish, often hiding low down amongst the 

 grass, and hybernated when about four lines in length. 

 One larva only survived the winter, and this was kindly 

 presented to me on the 13th of May, 1865, by Mr. 

 Hellins, to whom I am indebted for the foregoing 

 account of it. 



The larva had shown a partiality for Aim ccespitosa 

 previous to my receiving it, it was therefore placed on 

 this grass, being then about eight lines in length. 



On the 20th of May I chanced to dig up a rather 

 larger larva of this species from a waste piece of sandy 

 ground near the sea, amongst Air a prcecox and other 

 small grasses, which rendered the task of rearing 

 doubly interesting, in observing the habits of each, 

 kept separate and on different foods. 



The captured larva on being placed under a glass in 

 a pot with its native growing food immediately bur- 

 rowed in the sandy earth, and the few times it was 



