SATASPES. 25b 



stripe running from vertex to base of antenna ; labrum green ; 

 ligula white and shining ; two first segments of antenna 

 green, end-segment paler green with tip rusty ; mandible 

 green, the tip broadly dark reddish- brown ; eyes glassy 

 greenish-brown. Body pale glaucous-green, darker on venter ; 

 six whitish oblique stripes, that on segment 6 sharply defined, 

 those on 7 to 10 diffuse and faint, that on 11 sharply defined, 

 broader, and running across 12 to base of horn ; some larva? 

 have a large pale brown or a reddish-brown patch on 7 and 8 

 consisting of a diamond-shaped patch on the dorsum flanked 

 by a larger, oval, lateral patch on each side reaching nearly 

 to the spiracle on 8 ; these patches outlined narrowly with 

 darker red-brown ; there may also be similarly coloured 

 diamond-shaped patches on 7 and 10. Horn green. 



The ground-colour is sometimes green and the oblique 

 stripes yellowish, or canary-yellow with the patches chocolate ; 

 the patches are variable in size, shape and colour. Spiracles 

 yellow with the slit white. Length 60 mm. ; breadth 11 mm. ; 

 head 6 mm. by 6 mm. ; horn 6 mm. 



Pupa. — Ambulicine in shape ; head rounded, body broadest 

 about the middle ; frontal ridges similar to those found in 

 Marumba, roughly parallel, close together, the inner face of 

 each ridge nearly vertical, the outer gently sloping. Surface 

 shining, head, thorax and wing-cases coarsely lined in a manner 

 resembling cracked lacquer ; the frontal ridges coarsely 

 pitted and wrinkled ; abdomen deeply and coarsely pitted, 

 especially on the anterior half of each segment dorsally and 

 ventrally ; sculpturing on segment 4 consisting of a narrow, 

 median, transverse weal on each side of the dorsal line, each 

 weal outlined by a deeply depressed line ; ante-spiracular ridges 

 on 9 to 11 consisting of three narrow ridges separated by wide 

 channels. Spiracle of 2 a wide slit with narrow raised edges ; 

 of remaining segments oval, the surface rising to the central 

 slit with narrow raised edges. Cremaster an equilateral 

 triangle coarsely pitted, ending in a short, stout, shortly 

 bifid shaft. Colour dark red-brown to nearly black ; head, 

 thorax, wing-cases and anal segments nearly black, spiracles 

 red-brown. Length 35 mm. ; breadth 11 mm. 



Habits. — Food-plants : Dalbergia volubilis Roxb. in India ; 

 and Lespedeza Mich., Albizzia lebbek Benth., family Legumi- 

 nosse, in China. The young larva rests in a typical sphinx- 

 like attitude. When molested it exudes a brownish juice 

 copiously from the mouth. Pupation takes place in a cell 

 a short depth below the surface, or in a rough cocoon on the 

 surface. The moth may be seen feeding at flowers up till 

 about 10 a.m. 



The frass is peculiar, consisting of pieces of leaf held to- 

 gether loosely. 



