70 METAMORPHOSES OF 



Family Glottulid^. 

 LVII. — Cabralia trifasciata. 



Genus nov. Cabralia. Forewing elongated, triangular; costa very 

 nearly straight, slightlj' arclied at apex; exterior margin obliquely convex; 

 cell extending two-thirds length of the wing; first subcostal emitted at 

 one-third before end of the cell ; second at one-ninth, bifid ; fifth from end 

 of the cell, and touching third near its base ; discocellulars from angles 

 near end of the cell, radials from the angles ; middle median from near end 

 of the cell, lower at one-fifth before the end ; submedian at a wide distance 

 from the median : hindwing triangular ; two subcostals from end of the 

 cell ; discocellular bent inward near upper end, radial from near lower end ; 

 two medians from end of the cell, lower at one-third before the end. Body 

 rather stout ; antennae filiform ; palpi porrect, compact, second joint stout, 

 third joint small and conical; legs short, stout, slightly pilose. 



Cabralia trifasciata, n. sp. Forewing with a pale pinkish-ochreous band 

 along the costa, another down the exterior margin, and an oblique short 

 discal band, the interspaces being grey, the bands margined with a blackish 

 line and bordered with white : hindwing pinkish-white. Body hoary grey ; 

 thorax with a broad pinkish collar. Expanse 1 inch. 



Larva black, with a few short very slender black hairs ; each segment 

 with four transverse dorsal prominent narrow yellowish stripes, which on 

 the fifth to twelfth segments enclose the spiracle within a yellowish spot ; 

 front legs black; claspers, hind-legs and abdomen beneath yellowish. 



This is another instance of the larval form mimicking that of a Danais. 

 (See fig. 20, plate VI.)— F. Moore. 



Larva, a, Full-fed. San Paulo, Feb. 8, 1880. 

 The caterpillar was found, full-fed, on a prickly climbing 

 plant, on Feb. 8th, 1880. 



Pupa, a, Feb. 18, 1880. 



Pupation takes place in a closely-spun cocoon, into the web 

 of which small particles of the surrounding substances are 

 woven, so as to make the cocoon less conspicuous. 



Imago. 



( a, Full-fed, Feb. 8 ; Imago, March 5, 1880 = 

 26 days. 



The moths appeared March 5th, being in the pupa state 

 about four weeks. 



