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SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



EUPROCTIS FRATERNA, Moore. 

 Euproctis fraterna, Moore, Lep. Ceylon, II, 85 ; Hmpsn, Faun. Ind. 



Moths. I, 477; Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Life, p. 461, ff. 334. 315. 



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1 1 g ltd.— Euproctis fratema. The outline figure shows the natural size. 



u.al.i 



Distribution. — Probably throughout Southern India. 



Lifehistory. — Eggs laid on the lower surfaces of leaves in a mass 

 covered with hairs from the anal tuft of the female; the egg is 

 creamy yellow, circular, flattened. The newly hatched larva is 

 about 2i mm. long, slender, hairy, yellowish. The full-grown 

 larva is rather stout, dark reddish-brown, paler along the lower sur- 

 face, head and prothoracic shield bright orange-red. thickly covered 



1 7. — Euproctis fraterna, lai 



'After I 



