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head subquadrate, the posterior angles rounded off; a 
well-defined groove down the centre of the face, branching 
off at the middle, and forming a A-shaped mark above 
the mouth; outer edge of groove bordered by a broad 
ochreous-yellow line, which is again bordered by a shade 
composed of minute black dots; crown, back of head to 
junction with second segment and outer margin of face 
thickly mottled with black dots; general colour warm 
pinkish brown, thickly irrorated with minute raised dots 
and longitudinal markings of neutral tint; a narrow 
and somewhat interrupted dorsal line, on each side of 
which a moderately broad but somewhat indistinct stripe 
composed of minute black dots, being most perceptible 
on third to sixth segments; spiracles minute, black, and 
just below them a rather waved stripe of neutral tint ; 
ventral surface, legs, and claspers smoky; the three 
posterior segments more or less tinged with dull olive- 
green; the segmental divisions, as the larva crawls, are 
conspicuously pink. 
The young larve are similar in appearance to the 
full-grown ones, but the markings are somewhat less 
distinct, and the general colour is paler, and varies from 
warm pinkish brown to pinkish ochreous. When full- 
crown the larva constructs a loose open cocoon among 
the lower stems of its food-plant, and changes to a 
stoutish pupa from 25 to 28 mm. long, light reddish 
brown, thickly and minutely dotted with black, and 
covered with patches of powdery bloom; wing-cases 
paler; eyes prominent, dark reddish brown, and just 
behind and above them a small nuchal aperture, encircled 
by pale reddish brown; anal point well-developed, curved 
towards tip, dark brown. 
Hesperilla picta, Leach. (Pl. VI, figs. 9 and 9 (a) ). 
This beautiful skipper occurs sparingly in the neigh- 
bourhood of Sydney, but is only to be found in the 
vicinity of its food-plant, Cladiwm mariscus, and con- 
sequently is somewhat local. I first met with it on 
November 8rd, 1888, while I was gathering some food 
for larve of Epinephele abeona, when I noticed some tips 
of the young shoots of Cladiwm spun together, and upon 
examining and opening them discovered the empty 
chrysalis of a Hesperid. I at once set to work and 
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