Bomhyces collected in Chili. 103 



27- Cercophora frauenfeldi, Feld. 



" Larva. — Head whitish green, with a few very fine 

 short black hairs ; second segment pale green, slightly 

 larger than the head, with a few very fine black hairs 

 sjDringing from the front edge and directed forwards ; one 

 of these hairs on each side is slightly longer than the 

 rest, and thickened at the tip ; the third segment is 

 larger than the second, and has an oval pinkish white 

 spot margined with a fine black line on the back ; the 

 fourth segment is much larger than the third, and forms 

 a high peak on the back ; this peak is green, thickly 

 dusted with yellow, and directed forwards ; immediately 

 in front of the peak there is a spot similar to that on the 

 third segment, but smaller ; both the third and fourth 

 segments have some extremely fine silky hairs on each 

 side, and one on each side of each segment is thickened 

 at the tip ; from the tip of the peak on each side 

 a raised yellow line runs along the body above the 

 spiracles, ending in a sharp yellow tail-like point at the 

 extremity of the twelfth segment ; the rest of the body 

 is pale green, dusted with yellow, inclining to whitish 

 green on the back ; the fifth and sixth segments have 

 pinkish spots on the back, and on each segment there is 

 a small black spot, above and adjoining the lateral line, 

 from which a long fine black hair, thickened at the tip, 

 is emitted ; prolegs and claspers pale green, and thinly 

 clothed with ver}^ short downy hairs of a pale green 

 colour ; the body slopes gradually from the peak on the 

 fourth segment, and terminates in a sharp point. This 

 larva is very sluggish in its habits, and clings tightly to 

 the food-plant ; when at rest the head is almost hidden 

 by the second segment, and the second and third seg- 

 ments are contracted and held downwards nearly at 

 right angles to the peak on the fourth segment." — 

 T. E. 



I have introduced this description as being far more 

 minute than my own, which was necessarily taken 

 from the drawing. (See PI. I., fig. 5). 



'29. Eiidelia venusta, Walk. 



"Larva. — Similar to that of C. frauenfeldi, but differs 

 in its larger size, in having the raised line, which runs 

 from the peak on the fourth segment, pale blue on the 



