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yellow and mauve and ringed with black, horn of medium length dull pink, 

 legs dull pink, claspers green, from 5th to 10th segments it is profusely speck- 

 led with black and grey, dark dorsal Hue to 4th segment, spiracles pink with 

 darker centres. 



Length — 100 mm. 



Time of appearance. — May to July. 



Food-plants. — Aporosa villosa (Euphorbiaceaa). 



Pupa very dark, almost black on the head and wing cases, a pale mesial 

 band on the ventral surface of the abdomen, variegated with black and brown 

 of various shades tongue case and legs very prominent, dorsal surface reddish 

 in colour with a distinct dark mesial line from base of thorax to end of 

 abdomen. Cremaster more or less flattened wedge shaped with two small 

 bristles at the extreme tip. 



Length,— 40-60 mm. 



Time of pupation. — Throughout the year. 



Situation. — Under fallen leaves in slight depression on surface of the 

 ground at or near roots of food-plant. 



C, E. F. MANSON. 

 PuGYi, Lower Burma, 15th June 1909. 



No. XXIV.— NEW LOCALITIES FOR RARE AND LITTLE 

 KNOWN SPHINGID^. 



Occurrence of Callambuhjx poecilus in Sikhim, and of Chromis erotus and 

 Macroghssum faro in Burma. 



It may interest collectors of Heterocera in India and Burma to know that 

 I captured a specimen of Callambulyx poecilus (Roths) in Sikhim at an eleva- 

 tion of 6,000 ft. in May, and a specimen each of Chromis erotus (Cram.) and 

 Mucroglossicm faro (Cram.) in Burma in August and October respectively. 



C. E. F, MANSON. 

 Mandalay, Burma, 2bth June 1909. 



No. XXV. -NOTE ON THE PRESENCE OF THE COCCID GENUS 



MARGARODES IN INDIA. 



Amongst a collection of Coccida; recently received from the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta,! have found specimens of what is undoubtedly the male 

 of a species of Margarodes, an interesting genus that hitherto has never been 

 recorded from the Indian Region. 



The females of this genus are subterranean insects, feeding upon the 

 roots of plants and often attended by ants. They secret pearly shells which 

 — ^in countries where the insect is common — are collected by the natives and 

 strung into chains for personal ornaments. It is insects of this genus, also, 

 that have probably given rise to the stories of living pearls that — when kept 



