162 LORYCAMPA REGALIS. 



behind, yellow. Abdomen reddish-brown, each seg- 

 ment with a yellow band. The female often mea- 

 sures half a foot between the tips of the wings, the 

 male somewhat less. 



The caterpillar when full grown is about five 

 inches and a half in length; of a yellowish-green 

 colour, inclining in some places to blue, each seg- 

 ment armed with a few black setose spines. On 

 the three segments immediately behind the head, 

 the spines are of very great length, curved and 

 granular, the upper half black, the under reddish- 

 yellow. 



