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oval at the sixth segment to end ; there is no spiracular expansion ; 

 the proboscis is free after the end of the wings ; the head is broad, 

 with a boss between the eyes ; the eyes are very prominent, the pupa 

 is fixed only by the tail and rattles about in the cell when disturbed. 

 The egg of Matapa aria, Moore, is dome-shaped and bears long hairs. 

 The larva makes a cell in its first stages in the same way as does 

 C. purreea, Moore. In the last three stages the cell is made of a leaf 

 spirally rolled into a cylindrical tube, the leaf being cut across near 

 the base so as to allow the tube to bang by a small strip ; the inside 

 of the cell is lined with silk disposed in short, thick, horizontal lines. 

 With this group we commence on the insects feeding on monocoty- 

 ledonous plants. 



200. Matapa aria, Moore. 



This insect, remarkable for its bright red eyes, is plentiful at all 

 seasons in the more densely forest-clad parts of the district. It 

 appears in the early morning and about twilight in the evening, 

 flying about flowers, and settling low down on leaves, &c, in shady 

 places. It is easily captured, though it generally spoils itself by 

 fluttering in the net. We have bred many specimens at all seasons, 

 and have noticed that thosa bred in the dry-season are much lighter 

 in colour than those bred in the monsoon months. 



Larva. — Head only a little higher than broad; somewhat heart- 

 shaped, but rather depressed on the vertex, which is the narrowest 

 part ; it is thick in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the larva, 

 larger a good deal than segment 2, slightly bi-lobed, reddish-yellow 

 in colour. Body more or less cylindrical, though somewhat depressed, 

 being highest at the twelfth segment and also broadest. Anal segment 

 rounded at the end, slightly sloping; spiracles black ; colour of the 

 body pure, opaque w T hite, with a bluish tinge, strongest on segments 

 2, 3, and 4 ; under parts bluish-white. A narrow black collar near 

 the hind margin of segment 2. Length 32 mm. 



Pupa. — As in the description of the group ; shoulders slightly 

 angulated; a low, transverse, flattened ridge, yellow in colour, across 

 the top of the thorax ; abdomen a good deal depressed, oval in 

 transverse section ; constricted between the segments ; cremaster 

 square, curved, thin; thorax humped strongly. Length 28 mm. 



