1864.] 475 



oblique stripe on the hinder parts, which is bhickish and edged with 

 white ; the spiracles are black ; there are two short tentacular horns 

 projecting from the anterior segment and two others from the anal seg- 

 ment, beneath which latter is a whitish stripe, running obli<iuely for- 

 wards and downwards; a white lateral stripe above the legs, which are 

 yellowish."* 



"Very common throughout the Bengal presidency; the larva has 

 two processes (above the head) very pliable and completely retractile. 

 The scent of tliese processes is that of very rotten oranges, and is over- 

 powering in the extreme, and does not leave the hand, when once in- 

 fected, for many hours, even after several washings. The larva, when 

 touched, shrugs up its head, and only displays the nauseous filiments 

 when much or repeatedly irritated, and then it endeavors to smear the 

 irritating body by dragging them over and about it."f 



" The eggs are laid singly on the tips of the leaves, and generally on 

 the upper side. The larva is at first of a greenish brown." — iMrs. Ha- 

 milton. 



This description is so very different from that given by Fabricius, 

 and from the drawings of Esper, and that in the Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. 

 Co., that I shall append all three, leaving to future investigators the 

 task of discovering which corresponds to the true larva of this species. 



" Yelluwish-green, with the head brick-red, and two short horns at 

 the extremity of the body." — Fah. 



'' Caterpillar of a reddish color, with the openings upon the middle 

 of a pale yellow, pointed with black; that which separates the fourth 

 from the fifth segment is black, embroidered with yellow ; beyond this 

 there are some very obscure marblings on the side, and a red ocellate 

 spot on the middle of the third segment. — Esper." — Bolsd. 



The figures from which the following description is taken, were 

 drawn from Larv?e and Pupa3, discovered in Madras by S. N. Ward, 

 Esq., whose accuracy in entomological delineations is well known. 



Dark green; head brownish; a white lateral stripe above the legs, 

 which are also brownish ; a short transverse line on the third ring, 

 brownish, pointed with red; and another at the end of the fourth seg- 



■Mlapt. T. Hutton, Proo. Eut. Soc. V. p. 48. (1847 

 t Capt. Mortimer Slater, MS. '• Notes." p. 4X,8. 



