472 
LEP1D0PTERA. 
species listed as from the Indian region of which four alone are common 
in our area ; 21 have been since added by Hampson. 
Fig. 321— Stauropus alternus, larva on rose leaf. 
Antheua servula , Dr., is a yellow moth, with a brown patch and 
rufous margin on the forewing. The larva is brown clothed in brown 
hair; it feeds on grass, pupating in the soil. Stauropus alternus , 
Wlk., is a grey moth, the forewing rather narrow, the abdomen 
long. The male has pectinate antennte. We figure the larva (fig. 321) 
which is of the form characteristic of some Notodontids, destitute of 
anal prolegs, holding the apex of the abdomen in the air, with processes 
on the dorsal surface. This device is to protect the insect by its 
alarming appearance. The grey moth rests with the costal margin of 
the hindwing projecting in front of the forewing, after the manner of a 
Lasiocampid moth. The larva has been found feeding upon pigeon 
pea (Cajanus indicus ). 
Anticyra comhusta, Wlk., has been reared from a larva found feed¬ 
ing upon maize. This larva is 2J inches long, of a whitish green colour 
with white intersegmental bands, and a lateral green stripe ; there are 
short white hairs laterally ; the prolegs are normal, 5 pairs. Pupation 
