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but absolutely no others ; each segment 3-9 has a small; dorsal, funnel- 

 shaped, shallow depression and a lateral, lengthened one reaching from 

 the dorsolateral region to the spiracle, the spiracles being situated in the 

 bottoms of them. Spiracles small, round, whitish. Colour of the larva is 

 bright and rather light grass-green with a dorsal (sometimes dull plum 

 coloured), lateral and subspiracular, narrow, maroon-coloured band from 

 segment 3 to anal extremity, even encroaching laterally round segment 2 

 at times ; these maroon bands often more or less interrupted, sometimes 

 obsolescent ; belly darker green. L : 13 mm. ; B : 4 mm. 



In some cases the star shaped tubercles have a kind of small globule- 

 like centre to them which looks as if the glassy hairs and discs are pro- 

 trusible from inside and this is the more probable because of the fact that 



the hairs seem to be of variable 



flossy — -~^^ N (}r>eafly e/y/sr-^ed breadths and shapes. The same has 



ISC /<r^ — ^ :st3n-shapecl been noticed also in the larvre of 



\J vA i b I w'fh its Tarucus theophrastus ^Yievethe discs 



y^ ' L_ , ^ . , , are more irregularly shaped and 



dentate along tneir front edge. An 

 effort has been made in the margin 

 to depict the shape and appearance of one of the spined prominences with 

 a fully-formed disc. 



Fupa. — Normal in shape : very bluntly rounded in front, equally bluntly 

 rounded behind where segment 12 is at a very steep angle to the longi- 

 tudinal axis, segment 13 jierpendicular to it, segment 14 turned under 

 ventrally ; the shoulders are broader than the front and slightly promi- 

 nent ; there is a very wide, shallow constriction reaching thence to the 

 broadest part at segment 7 ; the thorax is evenly rounded, the highest 

 part, the apex, being just behind the line joining the shoulders, the descent 

 thence to segment o gentle, segment 4 being included in it, the hinder 

 margin triangularly produced in the dorsal line though the apex of the 

 triangle is narrowly rounded, this margin meeting the wings in a very deep, 

 widely rounded angle of about 30^ ; the highest point of pupa is segment 

 (j though little higher than apex of thorax ; segment 4 is rather large, 

 segment 5 very short, the succeeding segments more than double its length, 

 coequal. The antennte reach to the end of wings, broadened at extre- 

 mity; the probocis only half way; the legs fall far short of it ; the palpi are 

 broad. Siirfacc shining, minutely, coarsely reticulate under the lens and, 

 on the thorax, transversely shallow-corrugate ; a few minute, plumose, 

 short, erect hairs just in front of spiracles of segment 2 ; both ends: head, 

 segment 2, segments 12-14 with some sparse, erect, transparent, blunt- 

 topped, short, minute hairs ; the other segments also but the hairs even 

 shorter — not visible except under the lens; segments well-marked. Spiracle? 

 of segment 2 linear-oval, raised, slightly pitted^ pinkish-white ; the rest 

 oval, conspicuously raised round the rims, slight in colour. Colour light 

 pinkish, yellowish brown, the wings greenish with black marks : a dorsal, 

 very macular line, a patch on each shoulder, another laterally on segment 

 •J ; a lateral spot on each abdominal segment; a sprinkling of dots and 

 small spots all over, including the wings. L : S- ."j mm. ; B : 4 mm. 



llahiU : — The egg is laid on the young leaves and, generally, on 

 the underside. The larva lives free on the surface and eats from 

 the edge, often piipating on the underside. ^Nfany larva; are often 

 found on one plant but the eggs are laid singly. The pupation 

 takes place, really, anywhere, fretjuently even on the ground. The 

 attachment is by the tail and a body-string. The larvie are often 



