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AKCTIID^. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF LARVAE. 
The following larvte have been selected for illustration, from the large series preserved by 
Mr. Hocking; chiefly on account of their not having been previously figured. 
ARCTIIDiE. 
Alpenus multiguttatus. (Plate CXXXVIII. fig. 9.) 
Larva green : head dull orange, mouth-parts bordered with black ; each segment with a 
greyish dorsal patch heavily mottled with black, divided by a central longitudinal green line 
and widely interrupted by a transverse oblong shield covered with reddish-orange woolly tufts 
emitting stiff divergent black hairs ; the third and fourth segments with a subdorsal longi- 
tudinal black dash, forming part of the subdorsal stripe, which is otherwise pale yellow, and 
encloses a series of small reddish warts emitting three or four black hairs ; spiracles small, 
transverse oval, pale yellow edged with black ; one or two small orange warts emitting black 
and white hairs either in fi'ont or behind each spiracle; subspiracular stripe pale yellow; a 
ventral series of pale orange warts, bearing numerous silky white hairs, just above the legs; 
legs tipped with shining reddish brown. Length of preserved larva 42 millim. 
" Dharmsala, 7000 feet. Food-plant unknown." 
Andala tinifascia. (Plate CXXXVIII. fig. 11.) 
Larva deep purplish brown, paler between the segments : head shining black, the face 
and mouth-parts mahogany-reddish ; a cream-coloured longitudinal dorsal line running from 
between the eyes to near the middle of the third segment, the back part of it almost divided 
into three spots ; from this point to the front of the eleventh segment it is represented by two 
unequal cream-coloured spots, the larger one at the back and the smaller at the front of each 
segment ; a similar series of spots along each side ; spiracles very small, blackish edged with 
yellowish ; every segment encircled by a zigzag series of nine to twelve small black tubercles 
bearing tufts of stiff radiating dirty- white hairs; prolegs and elaspers mahogany-brown. 
Length of preserved larva 35-39 millim. 
Kangra district; 12th May, 1879. ' 
No note as to the food-plant accompanies the larvse, and therefore it would appear to 
have been unknown to Mr. Hocking. 
