BRAZILIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 51 



Larva, a, Full-fed. San Paulo, March 3, 1878. 



The caterpillars of this species were found in great num- 

 bers on a shrub on the outskirts of a wood near San Paulo. 

 The horn on the last segment moves on a sort of hinge, and 

 when the caterpillar walks it moves the horn from side to 

 side in a grotesque manner. When touched, the caterpillar 

 bends the horn over towards the side the disturbance comes 

 from. The horn is quite soft, and does not appear to have 

 any properties of defence. 



a, Full-fed, March 3 ; Imago, March 30, 1878 = 



Pupa, i or? j 



27 days. 



Pupation takes place just below the surface of the ground, 

 a slight web, mixed with earth, being made to protect the 

 pupa. 



Imago, a, h. 



Specimens in my possession were full-fed on 3rd March, 

 1878, and on 30th March the moths appeared. 



Family Chalcosiid^. 

 LXXII. — Ph^ochl^na tendinosa. 



PhcBochlana tendinosa, Hiibuer, Samml. Exot. Schmett., 

 18, 45, fig. 89, 90 ; Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B.M. ii., 

 p. 467. 

 Larva, a, Full-fed. San Paulo, June 12, 1880. 

 The caterpillar was found, full-fed, on a Papilionaceous 

 tree on the Serra da Cantareira. 



Pupa, a, Full-fed, June, ; Imago, July, 1880. 



The pupa is attached by the "tail" to the upper surface 

 of a leaf, the body resting on the leaf. From its position and 

 appearance one would take it for a butterfly-pupa rather than 

 a moth-pupa. 



Imago. «, h, c, cl. 



