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“The larva feeds between the young unexpanded leaves of a common 
climbing Argyreia and also of Ipomea populifolia, eating the upper cuticular 
surface of the leaf into tell-tale patches. 
“The full-grown larva may be described as stout, rather flattened ; head 
pale yellow ; other segments a pale greyish-green, interstices of segments 
(only visible when expanded) darker green ; dorsal surface pale ; warts with 
a little orange-yellow about their bases, often forming a distinct orange-yellow 
or reddish median stripe ; an ill-defined broad dark lateral shade appears to be 
caused by the contents of the alimentary canal, as it disappears towards the 
anal extremity when frass is voided ; hairs white, usually very conspicuous. 
“Tn confinement the larva generally wanders off the foodplant to pupate 
but occasionally attaches itself to the upper surface of the midrib of a leaf. 
I have never found the pupa in nature. 
“ The pupa is usually suspended horizontally to a vertical support, being 
closely adpressed ventrally to the resting-surface by the double set of cremas- 
tral hooks. Its colour, which is variable, is some shade of pale green, but it 
always has a broad reddish medio-dorsal stripe. These colours fade into a 
greenish-brown shortly before emergence, which takes place after about six 
days, the moth generally appearing in the late evening, quite contrary to the 
usual habits of plume-moths. The pupa is comparatively extremely small, 
and it seems marvellous how such a large moth can emerge from a pupa-case 
which does not seem sufficiently large to contain its abdomen alone ”’(). 
Mr. Senior-White has also reared this species at Matale from Lantana, 
which is an unexpected foodplant. 
AGDISTIS TAMARICIS, ZELL. 
Adactyla tamaricis, Zeller, Isigy, 1847, 899('). | WS) 
Agdistis tamaricis, Zeller, Linn. Ent., VI, 325(2) ; Milliere, Icon., III, 237, 
t. 126 ff. 5-7(3); Hofmann, Deut. Pteroph., p. 56(*) ; Wlsm., Entom, 
Rec., XIX, 54-55 (1907)(). 
Herbertia tamaricis, Tutt, Brit. Lep., V, 127-132 (1907) (6). 
This is a widely-distributed species known from Europe(!), Cape de 
Verdes Islands(5), West Africa(®), Algeria(®), Cape Colony(5), Egypt, Arabia(8), Fal-t ene, 
and Karachi(®). We have a specimen, apparently of this species, from 
Peshawar. 
The larva is described by Chapman(®). It feeds on Tamarix, but has 
not been found in India as yet. 
This species may be looked for in all sandy areas where Tamarix grows 
commonly, 
