Chaerocampa nessus Drury. (Suzume-ga) 
By K. Nagano. 
Forewings yellowish-browa; costal area dark-green; base black and. 
whitish; a black discal dot; many purplish-brown striae from dorsum 
to apex; submarginal waved line purplish-brown. Hindwines black, 
dark-green towards outer-margin; ochreous subterminal fascia. XpDanse 
83-100mm. Head and thorax olive-green, suffused with ochreous- 
brown, with whitish grey border; abdomen orange-yellow; dorsal fascia 
olive-ereen: lateral stripes pale green. 
Kiusiu, Shikoku, Honsiu. 6, 7,8, 9. Larva whitish-green (turning 
brownish or reddish previous to pupation); two dorsal lines white; 
laterallines white; on 4-11 segments a series of oblique lateral white 
stripes; on 4-5 segments white spots; horn ochreous: on Dioscorea 
japonica, D. tokoro, ete.; 7, 8, 9,10. 

