2 THE ENTOMOI.OGIST. 



Phorticus cinc/alcnsis, sp. n. 



Head, scutellum, sternum, and membrane piceous ; pronotum and 

 coriiim dull castaneous ; anterior margin of pronotum, a basal spot to 

 corium, conuexivum, posterior margin of prosternum, abdomen, legs, 

 and rostrum luteous ; antennje brownish ochraceous, base and apex of 

 third joint luteous ; basal joint of autenufe passing apex of head, first 

 and second joints incrassate ; pronotum faintly transversely con- 

 stricted ; membrane slightly passnig abdominal apex, its apical margin 

 narrowly fuliginous ; body distinctly pilose. Long. 2f millim. 



Hab. Ceylon {Lewis). 



LIFE-H18T0EY OF VANESSA ANTIUPA. 



By F. W. Fkohawk, Al.B.O.U., F.E.S. 



(Concluded from vol. xxxv. p. 301.) 



After fourth and last moult the larva measures, when fully 

 grown, 2^ in. long, of almost uniform thickness, excepting the 

 first segment, which is much the smallest. The head is bilobed, 

 having a deep notch on the crown, and of a dull black colour, 

 covered with black warts, each emitting a white hair. The seg- 

 mental divisions are deep, each segment being swollen in the 

 middle, and transversely wrinkled on the posterior half; the 

 spines are long and tapering to a very sharp point, shining 

 black, and bear a number of line white hairs, each having a black 

 swollen base ; the two anterior pairs of dorsal spines are branched, 

 each having two ; the first segment is spineless. The arrange- 

 ment of the spines is as follows : four each on second and third 

 segments — these are the longest spines on the body, and are 

 placed subdorsally and laterally ; six each on fourth and fifth, 

 and seven each on all the remaining segments, excepting the 

 last, which has four subdorsal ones, making in all sixty-six 

 spines ; from the sixth to eleventh segments (both inclusive) 

 each has a short medio-dorsal spine, which is absent from the 

 rest ; the other spines on the fourth to eleventh inclusive form 

 subdorsal, super-spiracular, and sub-spiracular rows. The ground 

 colour is a deep velvety black, the surface is minutely but roughly 

 granulated, benig covered with extremely minute points, and 

 densely sprinkled with pearl-white warts, each emitting a line 

 white hair, some being of considerable length, and the majority 

 slightly curved ; they curve in different directions, giving the 

 larva a soft silky or velvety appearance from the varied play of 

 light falling on the hairs ; the segmental divisions are bare, as 

 well as the interstices of the wrinkles, which appear of a 

 deep velvety black ; down the centre of the back is a series 

 of rich deep rust-red shield-like markings, which commence 



