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the dorsal line on the eleventh segment, or excertible organs on the 

 twelfth segment ; all the legs pale green. Pupa '2 to -3 of an inch in 

 length attached to the surface of a leaf by the anal end only, no 

 median girth, colour pale green entirely without markings; the 

 surface of the body covered with rather long white hairs or bristles ■ 

 the pupa is rounded throughout; the thorax is slightly humped ; the 

 head broadly rounded; the anal end narrowly rounded. 



The tiny caterpillar of this very small butterfly was found in 

 considerable numbers in the indigo fields, but being so minute it can 

 do only very slight damage to the plants. 



7. Creatonotus emittens, Walker. Family Arctiidse. Sub-order 

 Phalsense. Order Lepidoptera. 



This moth is recorded by Sir George F. Hampson from the North- 

 Western Himalayas, Nepal, Manipur, and throughout South India 

 and Ceylon. He gives five synonyms, Aioa candidula, Walker, Aloa 

 diminuta, Walker, Spilosoma punctistriga, Walker, Creatonotus 

 rubricasta, Moore, and Aloa flora, Swinhoe. He thus describes it: — 

 "Head and thorax pinkish-whitish; abdomen crimson above, with 

 series of dorsal and lateral bhick spots. Forewing pinkish-ochreous ; 

 a black fascia below the median nervure from before the middle of 

 the discoidal cell to some way beyond its lower angle, the veins 

 crossing it pale ; a black submarginal streak above vein 5. Hind 

 wing whitish, some specimens with a black spot at the end of the 

 discoidal cell. The South India and Ceylon forms emittens and flora 

 are much more suffused with pink than the northern forms ; in the 

 former the markings of the forewing are prominent, in the latter 

 obsolete or only developed at the end of the discoidal cell. Of the 

 northern forms, diminutus has the markings prominent ; candidulus 

 narrow or almost obsolete ; and punctistriga with a speck at the end 

 of the discoidal cell and a streak above vein 5 only. Expanse-. 

 6 30, ? 38 millims" [i"2 and 1*4 inches]. 



I only bred five specimens, though the caterpillars were fairly 

 common in the indigo; I found them difficult to breed in my breeding 

 cages. The black markings on the upper side of the fore wing are 

 extremely variable, in some the streak posterior to the median 

 nervure is present, in ethers it is absent, and when present it varies 

 in intensity and may be broken and continuous. The spot on the 

 hind wing may be present or absent. Two pairs have the abdomen 

 above crimson, one male has it luteous as described for Spilosoma 

 punctistrigata, Walker. 



. The larva is extremely active, running with great rapidity, curl- 

 ing up into a ball when disturbed. The usual number of legs, three 



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