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(fig. 90 L) with a long apical process, somewhat widened and 

 dentate before end ; from its projecting base proximad 

 extend two series of long teeth on to the sheath ; internal 

 rods obtuse at end. 



Hob. S. India and Ceylon to Java. We have bred it in 

 S. India, where it is common in forest and open country. 



Egg. — Indistinguishable from that of particolor. 



Larva : — 



1st instar. Head black ; horn long, slightly up-curved, 

 black ; body yellowish. 2nd instar. Similar to 1st instar. 

 3rd instar. Head yellowish-green ; body : dorsum apple - 

 green with a plum- coloured dorsal stripe ; rest of body plum- 

 colour, the whole dotted with yellowish ; a narrow, white, 

 dor so -lateral stripe on segments 11 and 12 ; a broad apple - 

 green subspiracular stripe ; horn, legs and a broad band on 

 shanks of prolegs shining black. 4ih instar. The plum-colour 

 of the 3rd instar replaced by apple-green ; an elongate, shining 

 black spot near front edge of clasper-face and a duller black 

 spot in the middle of clasper-face. 



5th instar. Head round ; true clypeus with apex acute, 

 one -half length of head ; apex of false clypeus forming a wide 

 arch over apex of true clypeus and reaching to two-thirds 

 the length of the head ; labrum about one-half length of 

 clypeus ; ligula kidney- shaped, as long as labrum ; cutting- 

 edge of mandible obscurely toothed ; eyes with 1 to 4 in 

 a slight curve, 1 to 3 equidistant, 4 a little further from 3 than 

 3 is from 2 ; 6 in fine with 3 and 4 and as far from 4 as 4 is 

 from 3 ; 5 as far from 4 as 4 is from 3, and rather further from 6. 

 Surface of head dull and smooth except for minute tubercles. 

 Body with dull surface ; segment 2 with a slightly shining 

 short saddle -shaped marking ; horn long, straight, not bifid ; 

 shining, with small tubercles directed distad ; legs and prolegs 

 shining. 



Coloration. — Head dull grass-green ; labrum green ; ligula 

 glassy- white ; basal segment of antenna greenish, end-segment 

 red, middle segment greenish tinged with red ; mandible 

 green, tip broadly reddish-brown ; eyes whitish with black 

 pupils. Body dull grass-green, dorsum of segments 5 to 12 

 suffused with glaucous, the whole with a transverse row of 

 yellow dots along each secondary ring ; a narrow dorsal stripe, 

 jet-black on 2 to 4, bluish on remaining segments except at 

 the front margin of each segment, where it is black ; a broad 

 white subdorsal stripe on each side of the dorsal stripe from 

 5 to base of horn ; a narrow, obscure, whitish dorso -lateral 

 stripe from 6 to base of horn, becoming broader and well- 

 defined on 11 and 12. Horn entirely black, or the dorsum 

 black, venter honey-yellow, tip shortly yellow, the tubercles 

 black ; legs red ; shanks of prolegs greenish or yellowish, with 



vol. V. 2 b 



