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PSrCHB. 



I August — December iSSg. 



Seven faint, yellow-white obliqnes 

 could be seen on each side, the last be- 

 ing yellower and wider than the others, 

 and extending half-way up the horn. 



6 September. Third moult. 25 

 mm. in length. Head green, rounded. 

 Body green, whitei on dorsum, with 

 a deep green dorsal line. Ihe white 

 lines on each side of the dorsal line were 

 hardly to be distinguished from the 

 whitish dorsal surface. 



There w^as a yellow, horizontal, la- 

 teral line, broken by the obliques, 

 which were yellow edged in front with 

 dark green. 



The caudal obliques were yellower 

 and broader than the others, and ex- 

 tended a little way up the horn. The 

 horn was long, sharp, and rough, green 

 at base, almost black elsewhere. 



Feet and props green. 



8 September. The body showed 

 yellow granulations more dense on first 

 three segments. 



The yellow horizontal lines were 

 confined to these three segments, and 

 the last obliques grew whiter than the 

 others, and were edged in front with 

 blue-black. 



The head was thickly granulated 

 with blue-black. Feet red-brown at 

 tips. 



One specimen had the caudal horn of 

 olive-green, very light at the tip. 



1 1 September. Fourth moult. Head 

 round, green, granulated. 



Body green, granulated with yellow 

 on the first three segments, venter, and 

 the anal shield. 



Dorsum very white-green, bisected 



by a deep green line from head to horn. 



Yellow horizontals gone. 



Obliques whiter, edged in front with 

 dark green and a trace of blue-black. 

 Last obliques much whiter, with a defi- 

 nite edge of blue-black. 



Spiracles, noticeable for the first time, 

 — blue-black encircled with white. 



Caudal horn green at base and sides, 

 blackish green above, and lighter be- 

 neath ; slightly rough, sharply pointed, 

 slender and long. 



Feet green at base, ringed with yel- 

 low, tipped with blue-black. Props 

 green. Anal shield edged with vellow 

 green. 



17 September. Fifth moult. Head 

 l>lue-green dotted with small, dark 

 granules. Mouth-parts dark. 



Body yellow green, with the dorsum 

 very white-green. First three segments 

 granulated with white and venter slight- 

 Iv so. Obliques bright pink shading 

 into yellow on the dorsum, and edged 

 in front with deep green. The last 

 obliques had white in place of the yel- 

 low, and continued, as white granules, 

 one-third the length of the caudal horn. 



Horn blue-green above and beneath. 

 Anal shield slightly edged with yellow. 



Dorsal line very blue-green edged on 

 each side with white. 



Feet green, and ringed with yellow, 

 and with blue-black tips. Length 38 

 mm. 



In two days the dark green edges of 

 the obliques and of the horn had be- 

 come very purple-black, the purple 

 showing most beneath the horn. 



26 September. 56 mm. long. As 



