DEILEPHILA. 275 



Sexual armature as in placida, but proximal tooth of the 

 boat-shaped process of the harpe higher, and the long process 

 of the penis-sheath of placida represented in m. minima by 

 a very short one (fig. 68 K). 



Hob. S. India, where we have bred it. It occurs somewhat 

 rarety in the Western Ghats. The specimens bred by us 

 resemble the Ceylon form and may not be different. The 

 typical minima seems to be very rare. 



Larva : — 



Final instar. Head semi-elliptical, vertex flattened, with the 

 dorsal line deeply depressed ; true clypeus less than half 

 length of head, equilaterally triangular, with basal angles 

 rounded and tumid ; false clypeus broad, with acute apex 

 reaching to one -half length of head ; labrum half length of 

 and as broad as clypeus ; ligula elongate kidney-shaped : 

 eyes 1 go 4 in a curve, about one eye-diameter apart ; 6 in line 

 with 3 and 4 and two diameters from 4 ; 5 one diameter from 4 

 and two from 6. Surface of head moderately shining, covered 

 sparsely with small, smooth tubercles. Body of the same 

 shape as others of the genus. Horn of medium length, down- 

 curved, rising from a prominent conical tumidity. Surface 

 of body smooth ; dorsum of segment 2 and tip of ana] flap 

 covered with small tubercles. Horn shining, set with larger 

 tubercles. 



Coloration. — Head dull green with a yellowish tinge ; 

 labrum glassy-green ; ligula the same, with the ends of the 

 lobes opaque-white ; basal segment of antenna green, other 

 segments rusty ; mandible green, tip dark reddish -brown. 

 Body rich yellowish-green, venter dark glaucous -green ; 

 a narrow white dorso-lateral stripe on segment 3, continued 

 obscurely on 4 and 5, then becoming rose-coloured on 6 to 11, 

 broken at the segment-margins ; a bluish dorsal stripe and 

 a subspiracular whitish or bright yellow stripe from 2 to 12 ; 

 on 4, just below the dorso-lateral stripe, a large, round, pale 

 blue ocellus with a dark blue centre, this ocellus about one- 

 fifth the length of the segment ; below the dorso-lateral stripe 

 on 6 to 11 about six white dots on a bluish ground, and a few 

 white dots running down the front and hind margins of the 

 segments to bases of prolegs. Horn ochreous to near tip, 

 where there is a narrow black band followed by a short, 

 suddenly narrowed, yellow tip ; true legs ochreous with 

 black claws ; prolegs translucent yellowish-green ; anal flap 

 edged with yellow. Spiracles oval, twice as long as broad, 

 flush, brick-red in colour with a very narrow green rim. 

 Length 65 mm., breadth 10 mm. 



Pupa. — Shape as in others of the genus. Head covered 

 with flat tubercles ; tongue with a deep median channel, 

 veins of wings, legs and antenna only slightly prominent : 



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