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The larva feeds on sloe, oak, and Polygonum. It is dull 

 green or deep rose-colour, with a broad yellowish-white spira- 

 cular stripe, on which stand the white spiracles, which are finely 

 nnged with black. The second segment is nearly black, with 

 yellowish-white dorsal and sub-dorsal lines. Of these the 

 dorsal line is continued uninterrupted to the extremity, but 

 the sub-dorsal lines do not extend far. The belly is bluish- 

 green. 



FAMILY EUSCHEMIDtE. 



This Family includes large East Indian moths, which were 

 placed by many authors among the Bombyces before their 

 metamorphoses were discovered. They form Guenee's family 

 Hazidce. The antennae are long, and bi-pectinated in both 

 sexes. I'he proboscis, palpi, and legs are stout, the hind tibiae 

 being inflated, channelled, and containing pencils of hairs. The 

 abdomen is moderately stout, and the wings are broad, entire, 

 and brightly coloured, the fore- and hind-wings being frequently 

 similarly coloured. 



" Larva with ten legs ; when in repose stands erect with the 



head and anterior segments bent downward; head rather 



small. Pupa obtuse in front ; anal segment terminated with 



numerous minute hooked bristles. The moth is diurnal in its 



habits, remaining out in the evening till just after sunset" 



{^Moore). 



GENUS EUSCHEMA. 



Eiisckema, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 175 (1S22?); 



Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 404 (1854) ; 



Moore, Lepid. Ceylon, iii. p. 422(1887); Hampson, Faun. 



Brit. Ind. Moths, iii. p. 467 (1895). 

 Hazis, Boisduval, Voy. Astrolabe, Lepid. p. 203 (1832) ; 



Guenee, Spec. Gen. Lepid. Noct. ii. p. 188 (1857). 

 ffeleona, pt. Swainson, Zool. lUustr. (2), iii. pi. 116 (1833). 

 This genus is found from India to Australia. 



