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together, and is, from this circumstance, not difficult 

 to detect. 



It is rather a variable larva ; I append descriptions 

 of those varieties which have lately come under my 

 notice. 



Yar. 1. Ground colour dull yellowish-green ; central 

 dorsal line broad, continuous, dull dingy purple; 

 subdorsal lines ditto, narrow, interrupted on the anal 

 segments ; spiracular line narrow, broken, dingy 

 purple; head brownish, marked with lines of a dingy 

 shade ; on the collar is a blackish spot ; belly whitish- 

 green, with a whitish central line ; the whole body 

 thickly strewed with whitish hairs, and occasionally 

 suffused with dull dingy purple. 



Var. 2. Ground colour dull yellowish and whitish - 

 green ; central dorsal line dusky green ; subdorsal 

 lines ditto; segmental divisions yellowish; spiracular 

 line dull green, very narrow and faint ; belly whitish- 

 green, without markings. 



Yar. 3. Ground colour pale primrose, slightly suf- 

 fused with green ; central dorsal line dull faint green, 

 almost invisible on the posterior segments ; subdorsal 

 lines ditto, much broken, having more the appearance 

 of detached spots ; spiracular line very faint, pale 

 yellow ; belly whitish. 



Yar. 4. Ground colour bright yellowish-green ; cen- 

 tral dorsal line broad, pale olive ; subdorsal lines ditto, 

 narrow ; spaces between central dorsal and subdorsal 

 lines bright yellow ; spiracular line faint, broken, dusky 

 green ; belly sea-green. 



Pupa enclosed in a slight earthen cocoon ; thorax 

 and wing-cases yellowish-green ; abdomen reddish- 

 yellow ; abdominal divisions and tip deep red. (H. 

 Harpur-Crewe, August, 1864; E.M.M., September, 

 1864, I, 95.) 



