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stoutest on the top ; the colour at first pale whitish- 

 green, in about a week a dingy cloudiness comes in the 

 colour, and just at last at the top of the egg the black 

 head of the larva shows through. The young larva 

 eats up its empty eggshell, and is just 2 mm. long, 

 with large, brilliant, jet black head, the body all over 

 very pale greenish-white, the usual dots darker and 

 shining, with pale long curved hairs ; some black 

 bristles on the head. The first moult came in five days, 

 when the larva was 5 mm. long and the head became 

 green, the general colour pale green, a deeper green 

 dorsal and a whitish subdorsal line appeared, and the 

 bristles increased in number, and the pink anal points 

 were developed. The second moult came in five days 

 from the first, when the larva was 7 or 8 mm. long ; 

 the green colouring became more vivid, and the hairs 

 more numerous. The third moult came in another 

 five days time, when the larva was 13 mm. long, and 

 this was apparently the last; the full fed larva was 

 23 mm. long. 



The pupa was formed about six days after the last 

 moult ; the pupa is about 12 mm. long, stout and 

 squat in figure, the head notched at an obtuse angle, 

 the back of the thorax swelling up in a steep curve, 

 aud falling in gradually at the waist, the abdomen 

 swelling in a bold curve to the tail ; the under side of 

 the thorax nearly straight, the abdomen curved; the 

 anal spike short and stout, though somewhat flattened, 

 the ventral side of the tip crowded with curved spines, 

 which hold most tenaciously to the silken pad spun by 

 the larva. The colour varies, some being pale green 

 tinged with whitish yellow, the wings outlined in 

 brown ; on the abdomen a short subdorsal row of three 

 small whitish-yellow spots ; others had the ground 

 colour green, but covered all over with very fine 

 smoky freckles. (J. EL, 9, 11, 85.) 



