3 1 6 A. E. W1LEMAN. 



Fusca, Leech, expanse. Male 91 millim ; female 82 millim. 

 Khasiana, Moore, expanse. Male 3^ inches = 83 millimetres. 



Sub-family Acraeinae. 



8. Pareba vesta, Fabricius. 



Papilio vesta, Fabricius, Mailt. Ins. ii. p. 14, {17S '7) ; Donovan, Ins. 

 China, pi. xxx, fig. 1, (ijçy). 



Acraca vesta, Horsficld, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. pi. Hi, fig. 21, {larva), 



(l82Q). 



Pareba vesta, Marshall and de Nicéville, Butt. Ind. i, p. J 18, 

 (1S82) ; Leech, Butt, China, Japan, Corca, i, p. 114, {i8ç2-çj) ; 

 Miyake, Tòkyo Zool. Mag. Vol. XVIII, No. 210, pi. Hi, fig. 13 $ , 

 p. Jiy, {içoô) ; Matsumnra, Cat. Ins. Jap. Suppl. p. J, A T o. çi b, 



This species has already been recorded from Formosa by Miyake and 

 Matsumura and I only insert it in this paper for the purpose of describing 

 the larva. — Description of larva. Length about 22 millimetres. Head och- 

 reous with a black [\ mark ; a medio-dorsal chocolate uninterrupted stripe 

 from segment 1 to 12 ; a sub-dorsal stripe, cream coloured, from segment 

 I to 12; three squarish cream coloured spots between each spine; a 

 medio-dorsal chocolate stripe ; a supra-spiracular cream stripe ; a spiracular 

 chocolate stripe ; a sub-spiracular cream coloured stripe ; a ventral chocolate 

 stripe ; abdomen cream coloured ; legs black ; claspers ochreous ; 

 chocolate stripes dilated between segments ; six rows of spines, ochreous 

 bases and stems, black tipped and furnished with black spinelets ; no 

 spines on head. 



Pupa. Black and orange spots, suspended by tail from silken pad. 



The larvae were taken by me on April 7, 1908, feeding on hemp 

 (Chinese name, Tê-â). The imago appears at Kanshirei in April. The 

 larva was also taken by my collector at Kagi on September 4 The larva 



