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pupa is situated on the upper edge of a leaf lying directly along the mid- , 

 rib, and is exactly of the same dark green colour as the leaf. The 

 longitudinal dorsal markings agree exactly with the elevated ridges of 

 the leaves, and the hairy surface of the pupa corresponds exactly 

 with the hirsute surface of the leaf. The pupa is attached only 

 by the anal segment, which is placed nearest to the petiole of the 

 leaf, the head being turned towards the apex of the leaf. This 

 position, Mr. Rogers informs me, is the one always taken up by 

 the larva when not feeding. The pupa, as mentioned before, is dark 

 greenish in colour, with two rows of oblique longitudinal streaks along 

 the dorsal area, those on opposite sides almost meeting towards the 

 centre of the dorsum, the points being placed towards the head. The 

 anal segment is bifurcate, and the pupa is attached by both forks or 

 terminations. Just as the pupa assimilates in colour and markings to the 

 leaves, so the imago assimilates to the half withered bunches of the 

 flowers, the calyces and the flowering stems being that part of the 

 plant apparently naturally frequented by the imago." Of the pupa Mr. 

 South writes: — " Green, with whitish warts and hairs; wing-cases 

 paler green, thickly studded with short whitish bristles along the edges. 

 Fastened by the anal segment to upper surface of leaf of food plant. 

 July " (" Entomologist," Vol. XVI., p. 29). It will be noticed thai Mr. 

 South leaves out the characteristic markings of the pupa. 



Time of Appearance — From pupae sent me by Mr. Hodges, I have 

 bred the moth in June, whilst it is on the wing continuously and without 

 break until the middle ot August. The following notes made at the time 

 I first captured the species may prove interesting : — " On Thursday, 

 July 25th, 1889, being located with the veteran H. Rogers of Fresh- 

 water, I persuaded him to accompany me to the locality for spilodactyla. 



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