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ange with a lateral black band, which widens into a patch covering 

 the spiracle; a large cone laterally in this patch. Feet and leg- 

 shields black. 



Food plant: Zanthoxyluin pen tamo n. 



HESPERIID^. 



Thymele f ulgerator Watch . 



Larva. Head large, roundly flattened before, with a slight vertical 

 notch; densely covered with fine secondary hairs, which become long 

 on the vertex; dark brown, the clypeus black, the lobes with vertical 

 pale streaks, somewhat divergent above and confluent towards the 

 clypeal sutures. Neck very small; joint 2 small, with a shining black 

 dorsal shield; body enlarged posteriorly, subcylindrical, stout, taper- 

 ing a little at the anal end. The skin is covered with rather long 

 white secondary hairs, somewhat sparsely placed. Color black above, 

 with large yellow spots, two on a segment, the anterior one very 

 large, the posterior one small, transverse and paler yellow. The spots 

 begin on joint 3, but are small; large and of nearly equal size on the 

 abdomen; only one on joint 13, rather small. Area below the spiracles 

 crimson, darker on the abdominal feet. Thoracic feet black. 



SATURNIID/E. 

 Automeris leucane Hiibner. 



Larva. Head larger than joint 2, flat before, rounded above, not 

 bilobed; shining black, shagreened, with a few short, inconspicuous 

 secondary setaa. Body cylindrical, tapering before and abruptly be- 

 hind; coal-black, a little wrinkly-shagreened and with a few sparse 

 pale secondary hairs; spines light yellow. The spines are in four 

 rows on joints 2 to 5; five rows on joint 6; three rows on joints 7 to 

 10; four rows on joint 12; a single dorsal and three other rows on 

 joints 13 and 14. The spines are rather short, each with several long 

 branches, tipped with small black points; the two upper rows of joints 

 2 and 3 are rather longer than the others, as are also the dorsal ones 

 of 13 and 14; the subventral ones are small. Feet and leg-shields 

 shining black. 



Food plant: 1'roena. 



Arachnis aulea Geyer. 



Larva. Head rounded, flat before, slightly bilobed, shining black 

 with long black primary setae; median suture, epistoma and bases of 

 antennae pale. Body cylindrical, tapering slightly anteriorly, purplish 

 black, darker in the centers of the segments. Warts large, normal, 

 equal, dull red, but not contrasting, bearing dense, short, stiff, spiny 

 black hairs. Feet black; leg-shields deep brown. 



