Lepidoptera observed in Mhow. 415 



The larvae (three) went under ground on Sept. 6th : 

 the imagines came out on Sept. 23rd and 24th. Curious 

 collar on neck. Thorax clothed with hair, under which 

 are large expanded, somewhat pear-shaped, scales. An- 

 tennae in repose lie along back close to central suture of 

 wings ; they are long and filiform. Enormous plumes 

 of hair on legs, especially anterior legs of males. 



Figure of larva and pupa Plate XV., figs. 7, 7 a. 



Achcea melicerta, Drury. 

 Mhow, August 28th, 1881. 



The larva found feeding on the flower of the garden 

 rose, also on the leaves of Zizyphus jujiiha or Ber. 

 General ground colour a velvety purplish grey. Rows of 

 black puncta on side and dorsum ; two red papillae on 

 dorsum near caudal end ; two white puncta on dorsum 

 just above anal legs. When the larva is in motion a 

 velvety black patch with three white puncta on its pos- 

 terior margin is seen on dorsum of thorax. Eyes white ; 

 two white dots on vertex. Movement semi-looping. 

 Legs, six ; prolegs, anterior pair rudimentary, remainder 

 normal. 



Cocoon formed by binding leaves together with silk 

 into an oval cell ; the interior is lined with fine silk. 

 The pupa is fastened inside cell by anal hooks ; it is 

 covered with a coat of bluish white efflorescence, easily 

 rubbed off, the pupa itself being of a greenish brown 

 colour. Some specimens in confinement made cocoons 

 of silk and gravel, &c., on the surface of earth in box, 

 but this is not the natural mode. Inside male abdomen 

 are dense brushes of fine long yellow golden hairs. 



Ophiodes separans, Walk. 

 Mhow, September 7th, 1881. 



Larva found on the leaves of Guava tree. General 

 colour a pale soft grey; faint markings of light brown 

 on body ; a deep brown mark between each proleg on 

 abdomen. No peculiar concealed patch on dorsum of 

 thorax. Legs six ; prolegs eight, but anterior pair 

 smaller than the others. 



Cocoon made by fastening two adjacent leaves together 

 in such a natural manner that it would at first glance 

 seem as if they had grown in that position ; between the 



