28 METAMOKPHOSES OF BRAZILIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 

 r,XVII. AtTACUS JACOBiE^. 



Attacus Jacohcece, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. v., 



p. 1211 (1855). 

 Ova. 



The eggs are laid in rows, and there are from six to nine 

 in a cluster. I have not determined the time of incubation. 



Larva. Not preserved. 



The caterpillar feeds upon several different plants, and I 

 have taken it full-fed in October and February. In the 

 earlier stages it is of a yellowish colour, and the spines 

 black. When full-fed it is bright green, with a white 

 diagonal stripe on all the segments from the fourth to the 

 eleventh, inclusive. The stigmata are black. The spines 

 are light blue, and very minute. There is a red patch at 

 each side of the anal legs. (See Plate VII, fig. 4.) 



( Full-fed. San Paulo, 28th Oct., 1879.^ 



Pupa. \ -t o j t-w r 36 days. 



\ imago, 3rd Dec, ,, ) -^ 



When full-fed the caterpillar spins a white silken cocoon 

 on a stalk of grass or other suitable plant, and in this under- 

 goes pupation. 



( a, ^ San Paulo, 1879. 



Imago. ] h, ? Full-fed, 28th Oct., 1879. 



Full-fed, 28th Oct., 1879. ) 

 Imago, 3rd Dec. ,, j 



The beautiful moth appears about five weeks after the 

 caterpillar is full-fed. 



Family Lasiocampid^. 



Genus Syssisphinx. Hiibner. 



XLIV. — Syssisphinx Molina. 

 PhalcBna Molina, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv., pi. 302, fig. e. f. 

 Larva. Not preserved. 



