. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Obs. A peculiar species, differing from other described onesin its general very dark colour, extreme glossiness, havingalso a sub-metallic cupreous glow in several places, peculiarbroad and coarse femoral markings, extra spines, remarkablythick and smooth tumid pulvilli, and hairy antennae. I regretmuch the upper portions of the antennae being wanting. Abt. XVIII.—Notes on a peculiar Chrysalis of an unknownSpecies of Butterfly. By W. Colenso, , , &c. [Read before the Hawkes Bay PJiilosophical Institute, 8th October, 1888.] LEPIDOP
. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Obs. A peculiar species, differing from other described onesin its general very dark colour, extreme glossiness, havingalso a sub-metallic cupreous glow in several places, peculiarbroad and coarse femoral markings, extra spines, remarkablythick and smooth tumid pulvilli, and hairy antennae. I regretmuch the upper portions of the antennae being wanting. Abt. XVIII.—Notes on a peculiar Chrysalis of an unknownSpecies of Butterfly. By W. Colenso, , , &c. [Read before the Hawkes Bay PJiilosophical Institute, 8th October, 1888.] LEPIDOPTEEA. Section Ehopaloceea. Fam. NYMPHALIMS. In the summer of 3887 (February), while botanising in thesecluded forests and glens south of Dannevirke, I came upon acurious living chrysalis of a form hitherto unnoticed by was attached to a branch of a species of Galium,* a large * Galium triloba, Col., sp. nov., Trans. Institute, vol. xx.,p. 192. (I have since detected this curious species growing profuselyprostrate in large beds.). Colenso.—On a peculiar Chrysalis. 195 prostrate plant, and, believing it to be new, I carefully securedit and brought it to Napier. As I expected it would shortlyemerge in its imago state, I took accurate notes of this chry-salis in its fresh and living state, also a drawing of it, whichI now give. I failed, however, in seeingthe perfect insect, as the chrysalis neverdeveloped, but lost its original colours anddecayed. I suppose it must have re-ceived some bruising in carriage, &c,although I took every possible care,having also formerly reared perfect in-sects of Pyrantels goncrilla, Danais here-nice, Dasypoda sclenophora, and may be, however, only the pupa stateof one of our known New Zealand but-terflies, and also known to our colonial lepidopterists, who will in that case im- , 0., . _ z; rj. £ , • ., t -. • 1. Side view. 2. Front mediately recognise it from my descnp- view> chrysalis 10/12 tion. It was certainly bot
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