LEPIDOPTERA, 421 



The larva and pupa of Trisula variegata are figured on Plate XXII., 

 figs. 1,1a, 15, copied from the original drawings made by A. Grote, Esq., 

 of Calcutta. 



" The larva feeds on the Peepul {Ficus religiosd), and changed to 

 a pupa in October, the cocoon being covered with excrement ; the 

 imago emerging in June." — (Grote, MS.) 



The transformations of this insect are also figured among the draw- 

 ings made by Lady Isabella Bose Gilbert, her ladyship noting in her 

 MS. that " the larva was found on August 3rd feeding on the Peepul 

 tree, and went into the pupa state on the 4th, covering the cocoon 

 with particles of earth ; the perfect insect coming forth on the 15th 

 September." 



Genus LASIOCAMPA, Schrank. 



Lasiocampa, Sclirank, Faun. JBoica, II. pt. II. p. 153 (1802). 

 Stephens, III Brit. JEnt. Haust. II. p. 38. Walker, List Lep. 

 Set. Brit. Mus. pt. VI. p. 1427. 



Phal^ena-Bombyx, pt. Linnceus. 



Metanasteia, Pachygasteia, Malacosoma, Peeiphoba, et Me- 

 soscelis, Subner, Verz. bek. Schmett.pp. 186-192 (1816). 



955. LASIOCAMPA ACONYTA, Cramer Sp. 



$ Phalsena - Bombyx Aconyta, Cramer, Pap. Fxot. II. 

 p. 51, pi 131,/. A. (1779). 



Metanastria Aconyta, Hubner, Verz. beJc. Schnett. p. 186, 



Dirphia Aconyta, Walker, List Lep. Set. Brit. Mus, 

 pt. VI. p. 1370. 



$ Bombyx quadricincta, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. II. Ill, 

 p. 44 ; Fnt. Syst. III. I. p. 422. 



$ Lasiocampa trifascia et L. substrigosa, Walker, List Lep. 

 Set. Brit. Mus.pt. VI. pp. 1439-1441 (1855). 



a. $ . N. India. Presented by General Hearsey. 



b. c. ? . Canara. Presented by S. N. Ward, Esq. 



956. LASIOCAMPA VITTATA, Walker. 



Lasiocampa vittata, Walker, List Lep. Set. Brit. Mus, 

 pt. Yl.p. 1440 (1855), 



