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any measurement. I have found A. religiosa fairly common on some 

 pepul and banyan plants in Calcutta. So far however I have been able 

 to obtain it from only one locality. The larva? and pupa? are usually 

 to be found on the same leaves as A. quaintancei. 



All stages can be obtained at the same time and from off the same 

 leaf, but one or two stages always largely predominate. In the middle 

 of November pupa?, adults and eggs can be obtained in abundance but 

 the larval stages are scarce. 



Egg. Size '16 mm. x '06 mm. 



Light yellow when first laid turning light-brown afterwards. 

 Peduncle short about '025 mm. in length ; surface minutely sculptured 

 with hexagons. The adult female when laying eggs moves in the seg- 

 ment of a circle, the leaf being whitened by the white meal from the 

 undersurface of the abdomen. 



Larva 1st stage. Size '18 mm. x *1 mm. 



Elliptical, narrow for its length. Colour light yellow, eyes maroon. 

 Legs and antennae present. One long seta on centre of each tibia of 

 second and third pair of legs. One long seta on tarsi of all legs. Antenna? 

 apparently six-jointed the last joint short and slender. Two long caudal 

 setae and two short seta? caudo-laterally on margin. There is a narrow 

 fringe of wax around the margin. 



Larva 2nd stage. Size '16 mm. x '09. mm. 



Elliptical, narrow for its length. Colour light yellow. Two darker 

 yellow pigment patches on abdominal region. Eyes maroon, fairly 

 broad waxy fringe right around margin. Dorsum slightly elevated 

 especially along centre of abdominal region. Abdominal segments dis- 

 tinct along dorsum. Two long seta? on second segment of abdomen. Two 

 long seta? caudad on margin. Length of latter pair "1 mm. Two shorter 

 seta? on caudo-lateral margin. Region round vasiform orifice slightly 

 tinged with yellow. Vasiform orifice relatively large in this stage, 

 shape conical, apex pointing caudad. Anterior edge flat, posterior edge 

 slightly flattened ; lateral margins upper edge convex lower edge con- 

 cave. Operculum brown : anterior and posterior margins flat, lateral 

 margins convex. Length not quite half that of the vasiform orifice. 

 Colour brown, surface covered with fine hairs. Lingula two jointed the 

 first joint short and broad, the second joint narrow broadening out to 

 a conical tip : the surface covered with fine hairs. The lingula projects 

 almost half its length beyond the operculum, the tip extending almost 

 to the lower edge of the vasiform orifice. Legs present but short and 

 rudimentary ; antenna? obsolete. The marginal fringe of wax rises from 

 a series of pores just above and within the dorsum. At each segment 

 of the abdomen and about the same distances apart on the cephalo~ 



