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The larva (Fig. 147) is about ijin. or rather more in 

 length. The head is large, and the body tapers towards 

 both extremities, the anal one being bifid. The divisions 

 between the segments are rather distinct, the segments 

 themselves being subdivided into sections. The surface 

 of the head and body is covered with tiny points and 



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short, stiff hairs. The colour of head, body, legs, and 

 claspers is green, inclining sometimes to a brownish tinge. 

 There is a dark medio-dorsal stripe with light yellowish- 

 white margins, and another resembling it on each side. 

 The spiracles are not conspicuous. 



The pupa (Fig. 146), of the usual shape of the group 

 to which it belongs, is either dull green or brown in 



