of comparatively small size, being only r| inches in length from 
head to tail and nearly 3 inches across the wings. The head is 
lather broad olive green in colour, the antenna; half an inch long 
narrowed at the base and dilated upwards, ending in a short slern 
ei point. The thorax and first three segments of the abdomen 
are covered with olive green fur, the fourth segment of the abdo- 
men is nearly black with a thinner coating of green fur the fifth 
chestnut red the sixth yellow edged witl bla^k with a central 
red spot, the tail yellow, ending in a broad black brush like a fish 
tail m shape. Beneath the thorax and first abdominal segment 
are white the next three segments red and black, the last ones 
white with a black centre. The legs white beneath and grey 
above, the terminal joints long black. The wings are quite 
transparent except for the broad upper margin and veins, which 
are black. It is diurnal in habit, darting abo- • t the Coffee bushes 
with great rapidity during the sunshine and appearing during 
ram and when the sun goes down. While the coffee is in flower 
it can be seen hovering over the flowers and darting from one to 
anothei to suck the nectar, and probably fertilizes the flowers to 
some extent. It was noticed that when the Coffee flowers were 
alien the moths usually disappeared and estates which happen- 
ed to be without flowers when the moths were about were but 
little affected by the pest, but in estates not previously attacked 
as soon as the Coffee flowers were open the moths came in great 
numbers from other plantations. This group of moths being . 
very powerful on the wing can fly very long distances with great 
ease, and are therefore often very widely distributed. 
The eggs are deposited singly upon the leaves usually on the 
underside. The moth does not settle, it darts at the leaf and 
giving a sudden forward jerk of its tail places the egg on the leaf 
wheie it sticks. In some places where the coffee leaves had been 
so far destroyed that there was not a sufficient supply for the 
moths, they were seen to deposit their eggs on Lalanp ass or 
other herbage. 
The eggs are small and globular of a semitransparent green 
colour with a rather hard shell ; they are but loosely attached to 
the leaf and are easily rubbed off. 
The Caterpillars when first hatched are green with a yellow 
head and a long black hom on the tail. As they developed they 
changed colour, and were very varied. Caterpillars of appa- 
rently the same ages being entirely different in colouring. 
The following variations in colour in the older and full-grown 
caterpillars were noted : — 
A. Body green with a row of black dots on the sides above 
the spiracles and a white line running through the line 
of dots ; neck covered with small yellow pustules. 
Light green with a yellow stripe and black dots, horn 
green with black base. 
Head green, neck with yellow pustules, body ground 
colour green with broad black dorsal band with fine black 
stripes on the side, legs and belly dusky with a white 
B. 
