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two long browu mossy-looking protuberances, which lie in a 

 horizontal position, giving the caterpillar the appearance of a 

 shrivelled leaf. 



Pupa, a, Jan., 1881. 



Pupation takes place in a hard black cocoon, spun on the 

 surface of the ground at the foot of the tree. The mossy 

 excrescences are dropped ofi' before the cocoon is spun, and 

 are loosely arranged on the outside of the cocoon. 



(a and h, Full-fed, Feb. 29 ; Imago, Dec 14, 1880 

 Imago. \ ^„ , 



( =306 days. 



The moths appeared in December, 1880. On emerging, 

 the pupa is partly protruded through the opening in the 

 cocoon. 



Family Lasiocampid^. 



IV. — Eagles Laocoon. 



Phalana B. Laocoon, Cramer, Pap. Exot. 11, pi. 117, fig. 



A, B, C, ? . 



Eacles princeps, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. vi., p. 



1374, c? (1855). 

 Ova. 



The eggs of this species are laid singly on the upper side 

 of the leaf of the food-plant, and there are seldom more 

 than two or three on the same plant. The colour is a pale 

 yellow, and the shape ovoid, flattened on the side attached to 

 the leaf and the opposite side. The time of incubation I 

 have not yet determined. 



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



The caterpillar feeds upon a composite plant with purple 

 flowers (Knapweed?) that grows plentifully in the campos 



