NONAGKIA JFOLVA. 37 



away, to figure and describe, the first pupa, which 

 subsequently died from mismanagement during my 

 absence ; however, I had the satisfaction of breeding 

 two fine moths on the 18th and 24th of August, and at 

 this last date, while inspecting the plant for removal, I 

 found the fourth, still a larva, though in the stage of 

 changing. 



The very young larva was smooth and glossy, of a 

 creamy-whitish colour with a very distinct greenish 

 dorsal vessel showing through the skin ; at the stage 

 more advanced it had deeper colouring and decided 

 brownish stripes, as I learnt from Mr. Sang. 



When nearly or quite full-grown the larva measured 

 from seven- eighths to about an inch in length ; seen 

 sideways it tapered very much anteriorly and very 

 little behind, but when viewed from above on the 

 back it appeared to taper only and very abruptly from 

 the front of the third segment to the remarkably small 

 flattened and taper head, the rest of the body being of 

 uniform moderate stoutness, though very slightly taper- 

 ing near the hinder segment ; all the segmental divi- 

 sions were rather deep, and the subdividing wrinkles 

 were deep on the third and fourth segments, slighter 

 and more numerous on the others, and the skin much 

 dimpled along the sides. 



It was of a pallid flesh-colour ground, having a 

 deeper dirty flesh-coloured internal vessel sliding to 

 and fro within the third, fourth, and fifth segments ; 

 the head glossy, light brown, the mouth darker brown, 

 and ocelli black ; the plate on the second segment was 

 pale brown with rather darker front margin ; the 

 dorsal stripe pale yellowish flesh-colour, very softly 

 defined between two broadish stripes of faint pinkish 

 grey-brown, followed below by another broad stripe of 

 the pallid flesh-coloured ground, and this again by a 

 broad stripe of pinkish grey-brown, through which 

 one could perceive the tracheal thread of dark grey 

 whereon the black spiracles were situated ; the rather 

 rough anal plate was light brown, and there was also 



