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fed in April, 1880. It is a beautiful caterpillar, being blue 

 green, with yellow mosaic pattern on the back, and four 

 crimson spots, two on the last segment and two on the fourth 

 segment. It is thickly covered with spines, which are 

 extremely venomous. The appearance of the whole insect 

 is that of Venetian glass. The abdominal legs are wanting, 

 and the caterpillar glides along like a slug. 



Pupa, a, Dec, 1880. 



Pupation takes place in a hard, almost spherical, cocoon, 

 spun on the upper surface of a leaf or other suitable place. 



Imago. 



a, Full-fed, April 13 ; Imago, Dec. 18, 1880 = 

 263 days. 



The moths appeared in December. To emerge from the 

 cocoon a circular trap door is cut, and the pupa partly 

 protrudes through this. 



LXXIX. — Narosa rufotessellata. 



Narosa rufotessellata, n. sp. <? ? . Forewing very pale yellow; crossed 

 by seven erect blotchy-red bands, of which the basal second and outer-edge 

 of the sixth are of a darker colour, the latter also being broadest and 

 enclosing a similar coloured terminal spot beyond end of the cell, thus 

 leaving a bare space before the apex : hindwing very pale red towards the 

 inner border in male and entirely of a pale red in female ; cilia pale yellow. 

 Thorax very pale yellow, with a red collar and lower streaks ; abdomen red, 

 tuft pale yellow. Expanse <? f J, ? l-,\ inch. — F. Moore. 



Larva, a, Full-fed. San Paulo, Feb. 29, 1880. ' 



This remarkable caterpillar was found full-fed on Cedrela 

 at the end of February, 1880. Its appearance is most 

 grotesque. The abdominal legs are wanting, and it slides 

 along in a slug-like manner. But instead of going steadily 

 and smoothly it rolls from one side to the other, giving one 

 the idea of its being drunk. From each segment project 



