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Feb 18/67/ Bates says in Phanæus mexicanus one of the great horned Lamellicorns, he has seen top of horn broken & bits out of clypeus, or shield in front of head bitten out, hence has no doubt males fight by their wonderful double & treble horns –but all are nocturnal, so nothing known. Some females have rudiments of anterior or posterior horn, but in P. lancifer both sexes have horns equally developed, case like Rein-deer. Cases like Birds.

Epicalia large genus of Butterflies on which he will give me note about sexes differing fully or not differing.

Lepidoptera

The most beautiful caterpillars, striped black & crimson of sphinx, which he saw in Amazonia produced very dark moth, lived on great green leaves of trees in open canopy – with [illeg] caterpillars

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from distance of yards! yet so many males protected by colours hard to believe of no use –

Ichneumon must be great attackers

In England there is beautiful caterpillar on Hazel, produces dark moth.