BARH AND LITTLE KNOWN SPHINGID^. 749 



Pupa. — deep mahogany brown colour, a little lighter on the abdominal 

 segments, the eyes are conspicuous, the palpi are very prominent and appear 

 ■separated, the tongue is short, ere master which curves very sUghtly backwards 

 is slender and bifid ; in general appearance it is of a compact cylindrical form. 



Length. — ^ 2 , 36 mm. 



Time of pupation. — October to January. 



Situation. — In slight cocoon just below surface of the earth. 



Genus. — Cizara. 



Cizara, Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M., VIII, p. 120 (1856), (type : ardeniae) ; 

 Rothschild, Nov. ZooL. IX. (Suppl.), pp. 548, CXXXVII, and 890 CXXIX 

 <1903). 



Angonyx, Hampson, (non-Boisduval, 1875) in Blanf., Fauna Brit. Ind. Moths, 

 I, p. 102 (1892). 



Range. — Oriental Region. (Roths). 



Two species of which one is Indian. 



Cizara sculpta (Felder). 



Microlophia sculpta, Yeldev, Reise Novara, Lep. t."^ 75, f. 9, {$), (1874) 

 <Siam: — Mus. Tring.) 



Angonyx sculpta, Hampson, in Blanf., Fauna Brit. Ind. Moths, I, p. 102 n. 

 161 (1892) (Siam ; S. India). 



Cizara sculpta, Rothschild, I.e. p. 549, n. 472, and p. 890, n. 476 (1903). 



Habitat. — Indo-Malayan Sub-region : — Siam ; S. Burma, and South Indiaj 



Probably of wider distribution in the Indo-Malayaa Sub-region. (Roths.). 



Localities. — Insein District, South Burma. 



Elevation. — (Vertical range) 



Time of appearance. — October to March. 



Occurrence. — Very rare. 



Expanse.— $, 50 mm. 2, 60 mm. 



The larva of this species has two distinct forms, viz., a green form and a 

 brown form. The first stage of the green form is entirely green with the 

 exception of the horn which is black and minutely bifid at the extreme tip. 

 In the second stage it acquires seven small black spots on the dorsal surface, 

 otherwise there is no difference in appearance ; these spots, with the exception 

 of the one on the 5th segment, develop into lines or dashes as the larva grows 

 bigger. In the 3rd stage the larva develops four elongated oval patches on the 

 lateral surface of the 8th to 11th segments, ending at the horn, these are white in 

 ■colour, edged with reddish brown above and yellowish below intersected with 

 yellowish lines. The horn at these three stages is long and straight, olive green 

 in colour, then pale yellow and tip black. In the 4th stage it assumes a very 

 beautiful form of colour and markings. The dorsal surface is a bright j^ellowish 

 green from the 5th segment to the horn, covered with numerous blackish and 

 green speckles. There are four dark brown stripes on the lateral surface edged 

 with white and reddish brown above and suffused with a purplish slate colour 

 and pink dashes below. The lateral and under surface is a greenish cobalt blue . 

 It has a small ocellus on the 4th segment which is greenish yellow centred 

 with dark green and in the centre of which is a spiracle, it is thinly ringed with 

 black. Head green, legs pinkish, claspers green, with brown bases, horn rough, 

 and large, strongly curved anad, dull olive green with the tip black. 



In the brown form, the larva is coloured green in the first three stages, sub- 

 sequently in the fourth stage changing to brown. The head and dorsal surface 

 as far as the 5th segment, are a purplish slate colour, and after this, from 5th 

 segment to horn a pure brown shade. The lateral surface is pale purplish slate 

 to the 6th segment, and from 6th segment to horn is a creamy white. It has 



