34 ME LIANA PLAMMBA. 



of any other species with which I am acquainted, 

 though not in its general colouring, as it differs con- 

 siderably from that species in having a much dingier 

 appearance, matching fairly well some of the old reed 

 stems ; moreover, on a close inspection it is seen to 

 have an extra fine line on either side, in addition to 

 the usual arrangement of fine lines alternating with 

 stripes that are observed on a true Leucania. 



The full-grown larva of flammea was one inch two 

 lines in length, apparently cylindrical, yet somewhat 

 flattened beneath and slightly tapering at each end, 

 the skin soft and smooth, the segmental divisions 

 moderately well defined, and the usual subdividing 

 fine transverse wrinkles also ; these were more notice- 

 able at the sides, the anal prolegs rather splayed ; the 

 ground colour above was greyish-ochreous-brown, 

 faintly freckled with a darker fine reticulation ; beneath 

 it was paler, inclining to greyish-drab ; the shining 

 head delicately reticulated with darker grey-brown, 

 the plate on the second segment a trifle darker than 

 the ground of the back, and slightly glistening, tra- 

 versed by the dorsal and subdorsal lines ; the dorsal 

 line was pale and very thin, but well defined throughout 

 its course by running between two fine lines of dark 

 grey-brown, which rather conspicuously relieve it ; a 

 little above the subdorsal region the ground was broken 

 by a stoutish paler line ; then after an interval, or what 

 might be termed a stripe of the ground colour, was 

 the thin subdorsal line of a paler tint, closely followed 

 by two other similar lines though more sinuous in 

 character, these three being equidistant ; thence midway 

 towards the spiracular region was a stout pale line ; the 

 spiracular stripe, like the belly, was of a pale, some- 

 what greyish-drab tint, well defined with an edging 

 line both above and below of still paler tint ; the black 

 dots of the trapezoidals were so minute as almost to 

 escape notice, but the single black dots of the row 

 along the side were larger, as also the row of two 

 spots in line with the spiracles, which were whitish, 



