110 PROMINENTS. 
lateral stripe and one along the middle of the under side. 
Head jet black, shining, rarely chestnut red. Abdominal 
legs black outside and reddish-brown inside. Length, 55mm. 
Datana contracta Walker. 
Motu .—Pale tawny luteous, with numerousdark brown 
or blackish irrcrations. Lines as in integerrima. Discal 
spots present. Hind-wings and body pale luteous. Thor- 
acic patch dark ochreous.. Expanse, 35-45 mm. 
CATERPILLAR.— Head black. Cervical-shield orange. 
Body black with four creamy-white stripes along each side, 
as wide as the intervening spaces, and three stripes beneath. 
Abd minal legs yellowish-brown, extremeties black, and 
with yellowish-brown spots on the legless segments. Thor- 
acic feet black, bases yellow-brown. Length, 55mm. Fig. 
108, Plate IV, shows this moth. 
THE RED-HUMPED CATERPILLAR. 
(CEdemasia concinna 8. & A.). 
As far as habits are concerned this insect resembles the 
Yellow-necked Apple-tree Caterpillar very much. The fore- 
wings of the moth are dark brown on the inner and grayish 
Fig. 109 —QO?demasia concinna S.& A.. Moth and caterpillar. 
on the outer margin; they have a dark brown dot near the 
middle, and a spot near each angle, and several longitudinal 
streaks of the same color along the hinder margin. The 
hind-wings of the male are brownish, those of the female 
