CHRVSIRIDIA. 



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This speciesexpands from three tonearly five mehes across he 

 ..|n". 1\ is velvety black. The fore-w,ngs are niarkcd . th 

 "broad transverse golde.vgreen band, .-h.ch ,s b.fid on the 

 upper half of the wing, and between this and the base a row 

 o'shor green stripes runs from the costa aeross the eel 

 Be end the band ,s a series of green str.pes broken nto 

 fpots, the largest extending parallel with the margm nearly to 

 he hinder angle. On the hind-wings the broad green band 



continued, but merges into a large space cover,ng mc, 

 the lower part of the wing towards the anal angle, wh ch 

 lliant c<;,pery.red, with a violet reflection, and marked . 

 four or five black spots, and there is also a margmal green 

 ba"d spotted and lined with black; the three ta. s are also 

 i^i. slightly lined with black. The under surface o he 

 r is still more richly coloured ; the fore-wu,gs. and the 

 s^ of the hind.wings, as well as half the.r margmal area 

 Z the apex golden-green, lined and spotted w.th black 

 The whole anal region is bright flame-colour mclnu g to 

 purple, with a changeable lustre, and this colour, mchnmg 

 nore ^r less to golden or yellow, is contmued "P-«i a a 

 central band between the green, black-spotted port.ons of the 



wintr to the costa. ^ . •, ^ r 



The larva has been rather fully described by Bcsduval from 

 the observations of his correspondent Sgan^in. The eggs are 

 aid in August on the leaves of the mango. They are wh.te 

 and are not laid singly, as in Cydi„r,n bo^sduvaln, but u. a 

 mass adhering together. When the larvx emerge from the 

 Tgg they are smooth and greenish, but after the first moult 

 they become darker and darker, and are provided wuh 

 numerous small yellow spines, and have two smaU retra u e 

 tentacles on the first segment [bchmd the head?]. Unle s 

 here is some error in the position assigned 'o these retract.le 

 tentacles, they would appear to have some analogy to those of 



