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f). Larva with the covering of minute, 

 sessile, white and brown stars . . 

 b. Larva with no stars in the clothing. 



a. Larva with body covered with minute, 



annular, scale-like, white bodies — flat- 

 tened tubercles ? 



b. Larva having no annular bodies in the 

 clothing. 



a. Larva with a clothing of not very 

 densely disposed, short, fine, light 

 hairs 



b. Larva with covering of erect, brown 

 short bristles 



b. Larva, when full grown, never under 18 mm. 

 a\ Larva with a black, central, dorsal patch 



on segment 2. 



a-. Larva with the small, circular, white organ- 

 mouths on segment 12 surrounded with a 

 black border which is produced on the 

 inside towards the dorsal line, the whole 

 looking like a pair of spectacles. Colour 

 light green, more, or less immaculate 



b'^. Larva with no spectacle-mark. Colour 

 green with white, longitudinal bands 



b\ Larva with no black mark on segment 2. 

 a^. Larva with segment 2 concolourous with 

 the rest of the body. Colour rose-pink or 

 pinkish-green with few markings . . 

 b'. Larva with segment 2 not so but with 

 a broad, dorsal, red-brown band. 

 a'. Larva green in colour with heavy red- 

 brown marking 

 h^. Larva green in colour with red-brown 

 marking confined to a broad, dorsal, 

 longitudinal band 

 B. — Larva abnormal ; that is, highest at segments 

 5, 6 or parallel-sided from segment 4 to segment 

 11 ; the dorsal outline often lowest at segments 

 10, 11. 



a. Larva parallel-sided, the dorsal line straight. 

 «\ Larva with permanent, prominent, short, 

 tubular mouth to the organs on segment 12. 

 a~. Larva with dorsum of segment 2 white. 

 Colour of larva light green to light flesh- 

 coloured with lateral brown markings 



b^. Larva with dorsum of segment 2 black- 

 brown with indistinct, diagonal, white 

 lines laterally 

 c^. Larva with dorsum of segment 2 not 

 distinctively coloured. 



a^. Larva with clothing of silvery-white, 

 star-hairs. Colour smoky-brown with 

 a short, whits dorsolateral streak to each 

 segment 



Tarucus plinius. 

 Lycanesthea emolns. 



Talicada nyspus. 

 Neopitheco2)s zalmoru. 



Afhojyala canainica.'^ 



Tliaduka multicau- 

 data. 



Arhopala baxalus.'' 



amantes. 



centaunis. 



Aphnceus hyypjargy- 

 rus. 



vulcamis. 



