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Moore's Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. Co., but was without the long hairs. Length 

 rather more than an inch. Colour velvety-black with transverse patches 

 of yellow striations on the middle of each segment divided dorsally by a 

 black line. The segmental interspaces are yellowish, and the front of each 

 segment is black, with a lateral row of yellow spots, one on each segment, 

 those black portions are broadest on the second, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, 

 and eleventh segments. Head yellow-ochre with two transverse rows of 

 rectangular black spots, five in each row, those of the lower row being some- 

 what rounded and more separated ; the two first of the upper row being 

 conjoined. There is also a lower black spot out of line on each side. The 

 larva feeds on a species of Ficus, called by the Nipalese " Barrha." 



Pupa formed in the same manner as that of Rhopalocampta benjaminii, 

 Guerin, that is to say, within a rolled up leaf, across the inner portion of 

 which, some thick white webs or strands of silk are stretched ; round the 

 abdomen the web is fastened in a way I did not notice before, which can be 

 seen from the accompanying sketch. 



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As I was fortunate enough to observe the change, I saw that, although the 

 anal prolegs of the larva were attached to a tuft or pad of silk in the usual 

 way and remained so until nearly the whole skin had been shuffled off, 

 yet when the last segment had to be taken out the pupa drew it entirely away 

 from the skin and lifted it over the empty skin, and by a series of contor- 

 tions similar to those made by an insect in depositing an egg, it soon reattach- 

 ed its anal segment or tail to the web, throwing away the cast-off skin 

 by wriggling its body about. When it had first changed most of the black 

 markings of the larva were still present although reduced to spots, the ground- 

 colour being dark yellowish. The head, as in Choaspes {Ismene and RhojM- 

 locampta apud Watson) has a distinct knob. After a few hours, the pupa 

 having become hardened, it is covered with a chalky white substance, leaving 

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