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h. Larvae of the same general shape as the last, but the 

 skin more or less opaque and greenish or bluish- 

 white, naked to the eye ; the head, however, 

 large, more or less triangular, and marked ^^^th 

 black, red or brown 

 «'. Larva with the head absolutely triangular in shape, 

 green in colour with a brick-brown border, 

 flanked on the inside by an equally broad 

 yellow band, the vertex also brick-brown . . Genus Gegems. 



One species nostradamas. 



h\ Larva with head not exactly as in Geyenes . . . . Genus Baoris. 



a-. Larva with the head similar in shaj^e to that of 

 Gegems, but with a single black or red border ; 



otherwise green mathias. 



h.- Larva with the head very roundly triangular ; 

 semi -elliptical really, colour white with two 

 large black spots on each lobe, one above, 

 below veftex, the other below, near eyes . . conjuncta. 



(PI. n, figs. 31, 

 larva ; 31a pupa.), 

 c". Head still rounder ; white with a black band com- 

 pletely surrounding it as well as a longitudinal, 

 thick, black streak in the middle of each lobe, farris {oceia}. 

 d-. Head semi-elliptical ; white in colour with a 

 broad, black border and, sometimes, black 

 down centre of face ; occasionally sutfused on 

 lower part of face also . . . . . . kumara. 



6". Head triangular, clear-green in colour ; bordered 

 all round by black with a longitudinal black 

 line on each cheek, inside which is a similar 

 white line or band and a black dorsal (central) 

 black line . . . . . . . . . . colaca. 



/". Head large, semi-elliptical in shape, brown-yello- 

 wish in colour with a dark-brown dorsal band Genus Hyaroin. 

 One species only known . . . . . . adrastus. 



The larva is identical in shape with those of Baoris. The pupa likewise. 

 The food is the Phoenix palm. 



All these species of larvae feed upon palm bamboos or grasses ; the pupie are 

 exactly like those of the last group ( Udaspes, Notocrypta) and have exactly the 

 same habits. Gegenes, Baoris mathias and colaca are a good deal smaller than 

 kumara and the other two. 



c. Larvae of similar shape as the two sections a and b of 

 D but stouter, the skin rather translucent, the 

 colour olive-green dotted with white or yel- 

 low ; the head very large, semi-circular, the 

 broadest part upwards, with a deep, triangular 

 sinus dividing it into two conical lobes, naked 



and unmarked Genus Tagiades. 



u\ Larva with a strong roseate hue about anal end ; 



head always dark ; spiracles white . . . . obsciirus. 



h? Larva without roseate flush ; head sometimes 



orange, sometimes completely black .. atticiis (PI. II, 



figs. 30, 30a, 

 and p. ). 



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