410 LÉPIDOPTÉROLOGIE COMPARÉE 



segment 8, the two large warts are visible, followed on the flange 

 or crinkle on segment 9, by the two yellow spots with their small 

 tubercle and bristle. 



The usual shading developed in pilzii and pomonaria, and, to a 

 less extent in kiriana, appears in a weaker degree on segments i, 2, 

 3, 4, 5 of the abdomen but becomes slightly stronger on the thorax. 

 The anal plate is very like that of pilzii. The weak spiracular 

 stripe, with its mterrupting yellow spots and the edging, is fairly 

 regular, but becomes very confused on the thorax, and obsolète, 

 or nearly so, on the last abdominal segments. Just under a spi- 

 racle, as in hïrtaria, the filling in is distinctly yellow. The large 

 yellow spots in it, tend to be outlined, iirst in orange, and then in 

 black. The spiracles themselves, are black and in size, are larger 

 than in hirtaria, but the tendency to be placed in a black patch, 

 is not so great as in pomonaria. 



The positions of the ventral stripes are just the same as in 

 pomonaria for the middle two are broader, and nearer to the sub- 

 spiracular pair, than those of kirtaria, but the characters and shapes 

 of the individual stripes are hirtaria like. 



The anal prolegs are long and spreading and bear a purple 

 posterior plate, which is dotted with black. The spots, however, 

 disappear bef ore and behind ; in appearance they much resemble 

 those of hirtaria. The other prolegs are of a similar character. 



The legs are pinkish purple, with claws and joints black. The 

 space between is yellowish interrupted only by brown spots bef ore 

 and after each pair. Between the legs and prolegs, and the spi- 

 racular line, are confused remains of the edging and filling in 

 of an additional longitudinal stripe. 



Variation of larvae. 



What has been said about pilzïi larvae applies equally well to 

 this; it is necessary, however, to emphasise the fact that there is 

 always a far greater tendency to reproduce hirtaria characters 

 in this form than in pilzii, and this usually causes the larvae to 

 be much more highly coloured and variegated. 



