﻿EXPLANATION 
  OF 
  PLATE 
  IX. 
  

  

  Spodoptera 
  ma 
  urit 
  ia 
  . 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  Egg-mass 
  as 
  laid 
  on 
  paddy-leaf. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2. 
  A 
  single 
  egg 
  niagnitied. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  3. 
  Young 
  larva 
  in 
  characteristic 
  attitude 
  

  

  Figs, 
  i, 
  5, 
  G, 
  7, 
  8. 
  Larvae 
  in 
  various 
  stages 
  of 
  growth. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  9. 
  Pupa. 
  

  

  Figs. 
  10, 
  11, 
  12. 
  Moths. 
  

  

  (The 
  lines 
  alongside 
  the 
  figures 
  show 
  the 
  natural 
  sizes.) 
  

  

  