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The beautiful moth emerges from the pupa from three to 

 seven weeks after pupation. Specimens full-fed March 6th 

 appeared March 24th. Others, full-fed in July, did not 

 produce the imago till September. There are several broods 

 in the year. 



XLVI. — MOTADA LATERALIS. 



Motada lateralis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. iv., 

 p. 924 (1855). 



Larva, a, Full-fed. San Paulo, Nov. 1, 1879. 



The caterpillar is covered with short hairs that cause a 

 good deal of irritation if they get between one's fingers. It 

 feeds on a yellow composite flowered plant, something like 

 our Ragwort. 



Pupa, a, Full-fed, Nov. 10 ; Imago, Nov. 29, 1879 = 19 days. 

 Pupation takes place within a rough cocoon. 



Imago, a, Full-fed, Nov. 10 ; Imago, Nov. 29, '79 = 19 days. 



Specimens full-fed 10th November, 1879, produced the 

 moth on November 29th, as above. 



Family ? 



XXXIII. — Perophora albistriga. 



Pamea albistriga, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. v., 

 p. 1154 (1855). 



Larva, a, Full-fed. San Paulo, February, 1881. 



The caterpillar of this species lives in a movable case, 



^beautifully formed out of the leaves of the food-plant, a 



herbaceous plant with beautiful purple flowers (Melastoma?). 



The case is slung up or rather bound up amongst the leaves 



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