28 TRIPH^NA SUBSEQUA. 



more strongly tinged with darker brown at the begin- 

 ing of each segment ; the very broad subspiracular 

 stripe is pale ochreous at its upper and lower edges, 

 rather greyish-ochreous along the middle, bearing a 

 couple of brown freckles on most of the segments ; 

 the upper edge of this stripe is well defined by a very 

 fine brown line, on which are the spiracles, small and 

 white, either simply outlined with black, or placed in 

 fusiform black blotches, which gradually increase in 

 size to the twelfth segment ; the belly has a faint, 

 indistinct, central, paler longitudinal line, and a few 

 freckles of the same paler tint, but its general colour, 

 as well as that of the legs, is a little deeper in tint 

 than the subspiracular stripe ; the ventral legs bear 

 a couple of small brown dots, and are tipped with 

 hooks of the same colour ; the head is brownish-grey, 

 freckled with dark brown, and marked down the front 

 of each lobe with a black wedge-shaped mark, point- 

 ing to each side of the mouth ; the sides of the head 

 bear also a black streak. 



It will thus be seen that this larva is a much 

 handsomer creature than either of its congeners in this 

 country, and abundantly distinct from them. 



The pupa-state was assumed at a slight depth below 

 the surface of the soil, and there seemed to be little 

 appearance of any cocoon or chamber ; the pupa was 

 full and rounded in figure, the skin being thin and of 

 a bright red colour. (W. B., July, 1872 ; E.M.M., 

 IX, 56, August, 1872.) 



Triph^na orbona. 



Plate LXXIV, fig. 5. 



This larva is of a pale ochreous-greyish tint on the 

 belly, with a central oblong broad spot on the fifth and 

 sixth segments. The surface is freckled with grey- 

 brown. On the side immediately below the sub- 



