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somewhat flat, the base of the horns ending in a lobe ; colour of the horns above, 

 and top of the head pale ochreous straw colour, the inner portions of the lobes 

 tinged faintly with greenish ; below, the tines of the antlers are deep shiny steely- 

 black ; at the back of the head at base of horns, is a ring of small sharp spines, 

 which pass down the sides of the cheeks and partake of the colouring of the region 

 passed through. In prolongation of the horns is a narrow, pale yellow, longitudinal 

 streak, broadest at its commencement on the second segment, becoming obsolete on 

 the seventh segment, reappearing, as it were, on the eleventh segment in continuation 

 of one of the oblique lateral streaks, and again fading away on the last segment. A 

 series of similarly coloured fine oblique wavy-streaks on the sides, originating just 

 below the region of spiracles, and all but two terminate on the back ; these streaks 

 are very faint on the second, third, and fourth segment, in fact scarcely discernible 

 with the naked eye, but are well defined on the other segments, of which, those 

 originating on the sixth and ninth segment terminate, in the centre of the back, 

 in two pair of flat semilobed-shaped raised flaps, the points of the flaps inclining 

 outwards from each other and directed backwards, with the tips turned in ; these 

 appendages are granulate, white, tipped with yellow, with a slight suffusion of pink 

 in the centre ; a deep crimson-lake spot marks the division between each pair, the 

 foremost pair are wider apart than the hinder ones ; down the anal flaps is a 

 depression which to the naked eye gives the appearance of the vent ending in 

 pointed tails ; margin of anal flaps pale yellow ; true legs very pale green. All the 

 rest of the under surface pale whitish." 



Chrysalis. — " Emerald-green, and covered with a white powdery-bloom, most 

 especially about the thorax and base of abdomen. The darkest shading of colour 

 prevails on the abdomen, from the tail to about two-thirds of the way up. In general 

 appearance the chrysalis is somewhat boat-shaped, or perhaps a better simile would be 

 a cocked hat, the sides are somewhat compressed, and the back highly arched and 

 keeled. The shell is shagreened and mottled-whitish. Two projections of medium 

 length which curve outwards, with a flat space between on the crown, protrud^ 

 beyond the head, in the shape of horse's ears ; these are notched at the base, and are 

 deeply ribbed, and in colour are a shade brighter than the ground colour, with a 

 well-marked dirty-white, roughly-wrinkled ridge passing backwards, converging 

 en route, and gradually fading away on the thorax. Just beyond the collar, this 

 ridge is markedly intersected by the antennae. The thorax gradually slopes up from 

 the head, with a naiTow keeled ridge from the collar to the waist, which is slightly 

 notched before reaching its highest point a little beyond the middle. From the 

 waist the abdomen is highly curved with the sharp-keeled ridge continued and 

 notched at the junction of each segmental division. Colouring of keel, slightly 

 ochreous on the thorax, deep brown for a couple of segments beyond the waist, from 



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