No. 3.] 



A New Enemy of the Custard- Apple. 



107 



Anon^epestis bengalella, Ragonot, n. sp. 



Female. — Length 22 mill. Forewings dark green, darker in basal 

 area, the costa, in middle area, broadly pale yellow, with a greenish 



tinge, the dorsal half broadly 

 purple, turning to dark violet 

 on the inner margin of the 

 median area ; marginal dots 

 black, large and distinct, 

 placed between a series of pale 

 longitudinal streaks in the ter- 

 minal area, on the veins. 

 Cilia fuscous, shining, pale 

 brownish at the base, the ex- 

 treme base of the wing also 

 pale browni&h. Lines distinct, 

 pale greenish yellow edged, in 

 median area, with the ground 

 colours but darker, the first 

 line oblique on costa, nearly 

 vertical afterwards, but indent- 

 ed outwardly by two short 

 angles on the discal and dorsal 

 folds; second line very strongly dentate in the middle, indented on the 

 discal and dorsal folds ; beneath yellowish-green on the costa, the dorsal 

 half fuscous. Hi nd wings brownish -grey with a purple tint; the costa 

 tinted with greenish and shining ; cilia whitish, a blackish line near 

 the base; beneath paler. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous ; the 

 collar tinged with greenish ; the thorax darker, tinged with purple. 

 Palpi dark green, the end half of the terminal joint pale ochreous. 

 Abdomen ochreous. Legs greyish-oehreous with greenish tinge; tho 

 tarsi brownish black. 



[In the figure, which has been prepared by the Museum artist, is shown the aiotb, 

 natural size, also a section of a custard-apple tunnelled by the caterpillar, half natural 

 size. — Ed.~\ 



