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shaped markings, except that there are two rounded spots between the costal and 

 subcostal vein, a curved series of six discal spots which are mostly oval in shape, the 

 two inner discal spots being smaller, the upper half of the biconical spot on the disco- 

 cellular and that on the second subcostal veinlet is extended inward along the vein 

 and appears beyond its lower half ; within the cell the black lines differ, the upper 

 one starting as a short spur from the central spot. Extreme marginal line round 

 both wings black ; cilia white edged. Female differs from the male only in having 

 somewhat broader wings. Body, palpi above, and legs, black ; abdomen beneath 

 white with brown segmental bands ; head and thorax spotted and striped with white; 

 palpi in front and on outer sides, and femora beneath white. Male, furnished with 

 two pairs of exsertible pencils of hairs, each pencil being protruded from an indepen- 

 dent tubular sheath, and when exserted are projected from between the base of 

 the abdominal integument and a prominent pair of yellow coriaceous conchiform 

 clasping organs. 



Expanse 5 to 5^ inches. 



Egg. — " "White ; oval; attached singly to a leaf ; marked with longitudinal rows 

 of hexagonal indentations " {Mac]:)lierson). 



Adult Caterpillae. — Cylindrical, naked, about two inches in length, tapering 

 slightly towards the anterior extremity ; head small, black ; the segments with 

 alternating broad black and narrow white transverse bands, and bearing four pairs 

 of long black fleshy filaments, three of the pairs being disposed on the anterior 

 segments, and one pair on the posterior segment; on the second segment are two 

 small black dorsal spots ; spiracles bright red ; legs black. 



Chrysalis. — Suspended by the tail. About one inch long ; body dorsally 

 curved, thorax rounded posteriorly, head bluntly pointed, wing-cases large ; golden- 

 yellow colour, body transversely marked with black stripes and spots, the thorax and 

 wing-cases with longitudinal stripes and spots. 



Habitat. — Malabar (Wynaad) ; Travancore ; Nilgiris ; Mysore. 



The larva and pupa of il. Malaharica figured on our plate 1, figs. 1, la, are 

 copies of drawings made by Mr. S. N. "Ward, from specimens which he succeeded 

 in rearing during his residence in Malabar, and to whom I am also indebted for 

 the type specimens of this insect. 



Life History. — The larva and pupa figured on our plate 2, fig. 1, la, are also 

 those of H. Malaharica, and are copied from the drawings made by Mrs. Mary 

 Hamilton, now in the Library of the Entomological Society of London, who, in a letter 

 dated, "Madras, September 1st, 1860," informed me that "The larva was found 

 on the "Western Ghats, about half way up the Kotiaddy Pass. The imago being 

 very plentiful along the top of the Ghats, but difficult to capture, as it always 

 flies high. On referring to my original notes I find that this larva became a pupa 



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