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what glazed and grey in colour. The body is a pale greenish 

 blue-grey, with citrine-yellow shadows ; along the dorsal surface 

 are longitudinal rows of very long and also short glassy white, 

 finely serrated hairs, placed in pairs on each segment bordering 

 the furrow, the first one very long, the second short ; both curve 

 backwards, and have dark olive-brown pedestal bases ; below 

 are two very small hairs projecting laterally; the spiracles are 

 large and dusky. On each segment are three subspiracular hairs, 

 which are long and project laterally also ; the central one is 

 very long. Below on the lateral lobe are two other similar but 

 shorter hairs, and others on the claspers ; they all have dark 

 bulbous bases. The head is shining brownish black. The 

 entire surface is sprinkled with blackish points. The eggs and 

 claspers are the same colour as the body. 



On July 19th I carefully examined the flowers, and found the 

 young larvae had eaten through the base of the calyces, and were 

 feeding on the green seed-pod within. 



One of the butterflies lived until July 20th. 



On July 23rd I again examined some of the flowers, and 

 found two larvae in the second stage ; another undergoing the 

 first moult, and others in the first stage feeding on the seed- 

 pods. 



Shortly before first moult it measures only ^^ in. long, and 

 is pale ochreous yellow. 



After first moult it is a good deal similar to the previous 

 stage, but has additional hairs and three subdorsal spiracular- 

 hke discs on either side of each segment, and one sublateral ; 

 the surface is covered with greyish raised points. On the first 

 segment is a dorsal shield-like disc, slightly sunken, and of a 

 dull olive- colour, beset with little circular discs varying in size. 

 The colour is pale ochreous, with faint longitudinal medio-dorsal 

 and lateral lines and oblique side-stripes of a slightly darker 

 ochreous. 



Before second moult it is ^ in. long. The colouring is paler 

 and markings more indistinct. In some specimens the colour 

 is almost uniformly of a pale ochreous yellow. They still feed 

 on the seeds. 



Before third moult it is j\ in. long, the segmental divisions 

 are deeply cut, the body is thickly studded with white serrated 

 hairs, each with an ochreous-brown tubular base and black 

 spiracular-like discs. On the tenth segment is a dorsal trans- 

 verse gland, very similar to that of L. ai-ion ; at the edge are a 

 few minute white hairs with branching tips. I noticed a tiny 

 bead of liquid exuding from it. The dorsal disc on first segment 

 is fan-shaped, with a glazed surface beset with minute discs, as 

 in previous stage, but has in addition three hairs. The whole 

 colouring of the body is pale ochreous yellow, with medio-dorsal, 

 subdorsal, and subspiracular pale rust-red stripes, which are 



