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pale bluish-green, segments 2 to 4 paler than the rest and the 

 anal segments darker ; a whitish subdorsal stripe on 2 to 4 ; 

 a broad, dark green dorsal stripe from the front margin of 

 2 to base of horn ; an indistinct whitish stripe on each side 

 of the dorsal stripe, on Avhich the subdorsal line of large 

 tubercles is situated ; seven oblique stripes pale yellow, 

 that on 5 broader than the rest, all edged above with dark 

 green and bearing the oblique lines of tubercles. Horn green ; 

 anal flap and claspers edged with yellow ; all the tubercles 

 orange except those on edge of claspers, where they are 

 yellow ; legs green ; prolegs pale blue, the hooklets on the 

 feet red-brown ; venter pale bluish-green. Spiracles white 

 edged with black, the white forming a narrow ellipse con- 

 taining the central slit ; the white portion of the spiracle 

 on segment 5 broader than that of the others, and this spiracle 

 surrounded by an ocellus-like marking, dark green edged with 

 crimson. Length 90 mm. ; breadth 18 mm. ; horn 6 mm. ; 

 head 14 mm. long by 8 mm. broad. 



Pupa. — Head rounded, rather small, frons nearly vertical ; 

 segment 2 of about the same diameter as head, the segments 

 then increasing rapidly to the middle of the body, which is 

 stout ; tongue broad at base, reaching to about middle of 

 wing-case, shorter than fore leg, the tip sometimes covered 

 by the fore leg ; antenna as long as tongue, mid-leg a little 

 longer than fore leg ; no coxal piece. Surface shining : head 

 irregularly corrugate ; segment 2 rugose, dor sally carinate, 

 antenna distinctly cross-rayed ; wing-cases transversely, 

 irregularly corrugate ; thorax transversely corrugate on 

 dorsum, obliquely corrugate in lateral area ; abdomen pitted, 

 especially near the front margin of each segment ; sculpturing 

 on segment 4 consisting of a highly polished transverse weal 

 on each side of the dorsal line, with a smaller weal *behind 

 it ; ante-spiracular ridges on 9 to 11 in the form of three 

 parallel ridges of equal length. Spiracle of 2 indicated by 

 a slit, bordered in front by the hind margin of 2 and behind 

 by a weal along the front margin of 3 ; remaining spiracles 

 oval with a very narrow rim, the surface rising from the rim 

 to a smaller depressed oval containing the central slit. 

 Cremaster conical, very coarsely corrugate ; a broad, corru- 

 gate keel along the venter ; the tip smooth, very shortly 

 bent downwards, conical and bluntly pointed ; horn and 

 clasper scars may be present or absent. Colour dark chestnut, 

 the head, thorax, anterior part of wing-cases and cremaster 

 darker, spiracles black with the central slit orange. Length 

 44-50 mm. ; breadth 15 mm. 



Habits. — Eggs laid singly on the underside of a leaf of the 

 food-plant, Quercus fenestrata Roxb., family Fagaceae. The 

 larva lies on the underside of a leaf when small and on twigs 



