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tapers at each extremity of the larva, but is narrowest 

 on the anterior segments, the stripe itself being of the 

 pale ground-colour above mentioned, but faintly out- 

 lined interruptedly by short dots or lines of black ; 

 sometimes towards each segmental division it is deli- 

 cately freckled with a slightly deeper tint of the same, 

 and, in some examples, two short black streaks, rather 

 thicker than those that outline the stripe, appear at 

 the beginning of each segment, almost forming a v? 

 pointing forwards. 



The pale region of the back assumes a kind of chain 

 pattern from being bounded on each side by a rather 

 broad sinuous border of dark grey-brown, on which 

 are placed the anterior pairs of tubercular dots, being 

 large and very pale greyish, delicately margined with 

 blackish; the posterior pairs small and black. 



The subdorsal stripe is but little paler than the 

 dark ground-colour of the sides, and chiefly towards 

 the head, and just a little at the beginning of each 

 segment, the stripe is edged with a line of dark brown ; 

 beneath this again come three other dark brown lines, 

 the lowest of which is the spiracular, and is thicker 

 than the others; the upper two are slightly sinuous, and 

 the second bears a pale tubercular spot at the anterior 

 part of each segment, and also touches the spiracular 

 line in the middle of the segment. 



The spiracles are black and circular. Below them 

 is a broad stripe of very pale brownish-grey, edged 

 above with a paler thread, and below with a little 

 darker stripe of reddish or greyish brown, followed 

 by another close above the legs of paler greyish-brown. 

 The belly slightly deeper greyish-brown, with a 

 central brown stripe bearing on the middle of each 

 segment beyond the fourth a blackish round spot. 

 Legs pale brownish- grey ; pro-legs similar, and with a 

 dark brown dot above their fringes. 



The head slightly hairy, and very pale greyish, 

 having on each side four lines of black dots in con- 

 tinuation of dark stripes on the body. The second 



