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Trdbala Iceta. — Male, testaceous, greyish along exterior margins ; 

 fore-wing with a transverse indistinct brown line near the base, and an 

 oblique transverse brown line from the costa near the apex to middle 

 of posterior margin, between which and the outer margin is a zigzag 

 brown line, an indistinct discal spot, and a dot before it. Expanse 

 of male \\ in., female 2f in. 



967. TRABALA VISHNU, Lefebvre Sp. 



$ Gastropacha Vishnu, Lefebvre, Zool. Journ. III. p. 207 

 (1827). Vigors, Cabinet Zool. Soc. of London. 

 Walker, List Lep. Set. Brit. Mus. pt. VI. p. 1394. 

 ^ Amydona prasina et A. pallida, Walker, List Lep. Het. 

 Brit. Mus. pt. VI. p. 1417 (1855). 

 Trabala prasina et T. pallida, Walker, id. pt. VII. 

 p. 1785. 

 $ Amydona basalis, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 

 pt. VI. p. 1415 (1855). 

 Trabala basalis, Walker, i&.pt. VII. p. 1785. 

 Odonestis eucalyptifolia, MS. Mus. India House. 



a. b. c. d. e. f. <$ ? . Java. From Dr. Horsfield's 

 Collection. 



g. h. & $ . N. India. Presented by Colonel Buckley. 



i. ? . Penang. Presented by Dr. Cantor. 



j. k. $. Madras. From Capt. J. M. Jones's Col- 

 lection. 



1. m. £ $ . Darjeeling. From Indian Collection, 

 Exposition Universelle at Paris, 1855. 



The larva, pupa, and cocoon of Trabala Vishnu are figured on 

 Plate XXII., figs. 3, Sa, 35, from India, copied from the original 

 drawings in the collection of A. Grrote, Esq. ; figs. 3c, Bd, from Java, 

 copied from Dr. Horsfield's drawings. " Feeds on the castor-oil 

 plant (Ricinus communis)." — (Grote, MS. Note.) 



The transformations of this insect were also observed and figured 

 in Java by Dr. Horsfield. " Feeds on the JDelima (JPuniea granatum) K 

 December to April. Common." — (Horsfield, MS.) 



Lady Isabella Rose Gilbert also observed the transformations of 

 both sexes of Trabala Vishnu, and gives the following note : " August 

 12th, found the larva feeding on the Sal tree (Shorea robusta) ; on the 



