nein liiiIo-MaJ'ii/'in S|)liiii^i(1no. 481 



tlie foiirdi sognient to flie anal claspers. Horn dark gipc;?;, 

 straight and liiberctilatis SpiraeK^s blue. Li-nj^th tull- 

 grown 4 inclies=10() mm. Before pupating the Uirva turns 

 pink. The pupa lias a rough shagreenetl surface, is brown, 

 and has two small projections to the head. Two moths 

 emerged in August 1919, tlie remainder are still (Feb. l'J20) 

 in the pupal stage. 



"This larva is often attacked by small black flies. I 

 counted as many as ten on a single larva ; but apparently 

 they do not cause any injury, as this partici>lar larva produced 

 a perfect moth." — F. B. S. 



6. Cechenena scotti, sp. n. 



cJ . This very beautiful species is unlike any other of the 

 genus. 



Antennas above milky white shading into pink basad ; 

 palpi orange-bufF, third joint pale olive ; head deep green, 

 bordered broadly by pinky greyish white; thorax deep green, 

 patagia (rectius tegulffi) bordered with silver-grey and with 

 an obsolescent orange streak in the centre, centre ot tliora.x 

 pale pinkish grey ; abdomen, b.isal two segments above deep 

 green, rest of abdomen above slightly paler and more olive, 

 mixed here and tlu re with bronze ; dorsum with two broail 

 pinkish silver-grey lines, within Avhicb are two narrow hair- 

 lines* of same colour and a broad median band dark green on 

 basal one-third and bronze for rest of its length ; anal tut't 

 olive-green mixed with grey. Fore wing : grouiui-CDlour 

 pinkish butf-grey, basal half below stigma rosy pink ; basal 

 one-fifth of costa and basal three-tiflhs of wing above median 

 nervure dark green, within which is a black stigmatic dot. 

 Below the green area from inner margin to costa before aj)ex 

 run two indistinct, j)artially obliterated, taint olive oblique 

 lines; from inner margin beyond these to apex isa heavy doutjie 

 oblique dark green band, and beyond this and between it and 

 the termen are several ill-defined waved dark green lines and 

 cloudings. Hind wing: Ijasal half irregularly black, rest of 

 wing pale pinkish but!" sutl'uaed with black, which sufi'usion 

 forms a broad outer terminal band, leaving tornal half of 

 disc almost without nutTusion. 



Length of fore wing iitj mm. ; expanse 82 mm. 



Ifah. Mus.soorie, 1918 {Major F, B. Scutt). 



*' At Mussoorie in August 1918 I found several eggs on 

 Virginum Creeper. Tiies(! eggs were green and spherical. 

 Belore hatching they turned wliile. The newly hutched larva 

 was greenish yellow with a very long black horn, and the 

 body smooth and cylindrical. 



"Alter the first moult the head was yellow, the body green, 

 Ann. tD Maj. N. Hint. fScr. 9. Vol. v. 33 



