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NYMPHALIN7E. 
tuberculated appearance and harmonises beautifully with the dried and blackened tips of the leaves, 
the old withered flowers and the collection of excrement suspended by a tangle of silk to the leaf. 
This tree seems to have a large part of its leaves withered and blackened at the edges and tips, at 
all times of the year, and the old blackened flowers hang on the tree for months. 
The pupa is attached by the tip only, without a band. 
Limenitis Camilla, Linn. 
Seems to be very rare here, but appears to have much the same habits as the former sp., 
and is a woodland insect. It very closely resembles L. sybylla , the English “ White Admiral.” 
Fig. 4, PI. VI is from a $ taken at Hongkong in June. This butterfly seems to vary a 
good deal in the markings of both upper and undersides, and it is very possible there may be 
two distinct species here of these black-and-white Limenitis. 
Euthalia (Adolias) phemius, Doubl. y Hewits. 
Commander Walker says this butterfly was fairly common in Hongkong in 1892-3, 
but though I have taken it there I have not seen it round Macao, and it has been decidedly 
uncommon in Hongkong since 1893. It has a very rapid flight at times, at other times a sailing 
or floating motion and is fond of trees and foliage, settling on a leaf with open wings, generally 
high up. The and $ differ considerably in shape. 
Fig. 2, PI. IV is from a t taken in June, Fig. 3 a $ of the same month, but it seems to 
occur almost throughout the year. 
The larva and pupa, according to the figures in the “Cat. of Lep. Ins. in Ind. Mus.” 
seem to closely resemble those of E. lubentina , and the larva probably feeds here on the same 
plant. Walker says the pupa is green, richly spotted with gold. 
Euthalia lubentina, Cram . 
I have not seen this handsome insect at Hongkong, but round Macao it is not uncom¬ 
mon, though apparently rather sporadic in its appearance; partly, perhaps, because the foodplant of 
the larva furnishes a home and sustenance to a host of insects and is a happy hunting-ground for 
all sorts of creatures, especially ants and spiders; being also a parasite on other vegetation it is 
probably subject to greater vicissitudes than other plants: affected by the ills of its host as well as 
by its own particular misfortunes. E. lubentina can fly with great velocity, but usually sails 
quietly up and down near the tops of trees, when the white markings of its forewings appear very 
distinct, seen from below. It sometimes comes to Lantana , but does not seem much addicted to 
flowers. As with the Vanessce one may sometimes distinctly hear the wings click, when the 
insect is flying rapidly. The £ and $ are very similar and do not differ in shape, but the $ is usually 
the larger. 
