Some undescribed caterpillars. 



kings become now distinct. Grouodcolour green, a violet spiracular line 

 with sharply pronounced yellow margin above; iinderside and claspers 

 greenish-white; in front of 5th., 6th., 7th , 8th., 9th. and lOth. segment 

 a small lateral transverse brownishblack streak; head purplish with three 

 darker purple vertical streaks on the face, above both exterior streaks a 

 small blunted dark tiibercle; head bordered by two rows of sharply- 

 pointed spines, of which the dorsal and lateral of the first row are the 

 longest; 4 or 5 minute purple tubercles across the top of the first somite; 

 on second somite two about 11 mm long divergent green horns, covered 

 with numerous black bristles, longer at base than at end of spines; on 

 third somite a similar but straight pair of dorsal horns, lenght about 

 3 mm; on 4th., 5th., 6th., 7th.^ 8th., 9th. and lOth. segment each, a 

 pair of subdorsal spines; on last somite a pair of horns, longer than 

 the foregoing, but not so long as on 2nd & 3rd somite. 



The fourth or final stage differs in nothing from the third one^^ 

 except that the horns on the the 2nd somite have become dark-green, 

 and that the yellow border of the purple spiracular line has become more 

 indistinct. The lenght of the fullgrown Caterpillar is from 44 — 59 mm. 

 When turning to pupa the Caterpillar attaching itself to the midrib of 

 the underside of the leaf, hangs up by the tajl, head downwards, 



The chrysalis is bright-green with darker spiracles. The head 

 has an acute projection in front. Thorax laterally expanded with sharp 

 edges; dorsal line elevated and angulated; the pupa is curved inwards 

 (crescentlike). Length from 38 to 44 mm. 



■In the case of the pupae resulting from the eggs found by Mr. 

 Leigh, it is noticeable that some of them gave not properly developed 

 butterflies but freaks. One of these freaks, a female, mated in the 

 breedingbox and laid 5 eggs, three of which produced healthy cater- 

 pillars and absolutely normal imagos. 



I suppose the cause of the freaks in this first brood has to be 

 attributed to the fact that the pupae were removed from one box to 

 another and laid down on sand instead of being hung up as it would 

 be the case when they pupate in natural condition. 



Hamanumida Daedalus Fabr. 



Three caterpillars which proved later to be the larvae of this species 

 were captured by Mr. Harold Miliar of Malvern in his garden on a 

 shrub, named ü-bondwe by the natives of Natal. 



Being new to him he decided to breed two of them to see to which 

 butterfly they belonged; the other was blown and presented to the Durban 

 Museum as a type. These caterpillars were in the last stage^ so I can 

 but give a description of this and the pupa. 



Caterpillar last stage: Caterpillar was remarkable by its lateral 

 branchlike appendages^ resembling so closely a patch of moss that it was 

 difficult at first to detect it, when at rest on the upperside of the leaf. 



Colour moss-green; on each segment, except head and anal one, 

 a pair of sub-dorsal green appendages about 12 mm in length, wide at 

 the base and tapering off from there to the end into a sharp point. 

 These flatlying appendages are covered with a great number of lateral 

 smaller and thinner spines, giving it the appearance of a fern leaf. They 

 are arranged as foUows : the first pair points forward to the head, the 

 last one backwards to the tail, and the intermediate pairs fill up the 



