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without visible segmentation (Behppa, etc.). The last includes the so- 
called Gelatine grubs, ” smooth gelatinous insects of a dull green 
colour found in very 
moist localities in the 
hills. (Plate XXVIII, 
fig. 14.) The commoner 
plains’ species are of the 
first type. 
Pupation takes place 
in a very hard round or 
oval cocoon, which opens 
at one end in a distinct 
lid for the emergence of 
the imago. The pupal 
period is commonly long 
and this compact cocoon 
is a protection during 
the period of hibernation. 
None are definite pests in 
the plains since they 
occur only rarely; 
Belippa has been found 
to injure Cinchona in 
the Himalayas. Hamp- 
Fi* 334— Thosea carvin'a. A. 13. Larva, C. son li sts 25 genera with 
Cocoon, open. D. Male, E. Female. 
(I. M. n.) nearly one hundred 
species of which less than 
ten occur within our limits; 24 species have been added since the 
Fauna volume was issued. 
Altha nivea , Wlk., has been reared from larvae found upon castor 
leaves and is, though rare, widespread on this plant in the plains. The 
white moth is singularly beautiful, the thorax heavily tufted with 
upright scales. 
Thosea cana, Wlk., is a dull brown moth, whose green larva feeds 
on castor. The larva has a double row of tubercles bearing spines. 
