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SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
it seems to be decidedly polyphagous. The following description 
was made from a full-grown larva found 'at Madulsima on August 
24, 1908 
“ It is about 7 mm. long, cylindrical, rather stout, the segmental 
interstices well marked. Legs and prolegs long and slender ; pale 
greenish-yellow. Head unicolorous, very pale, transparent, greenish- 
yellow ; mouth parts darker. Other segments pale greenish-yellow ; 
a narroAV darker green dorsal line ; each segment with a large 
but ill-defined, pinkish-red, latero-dorsal spot, the series of these 
spots forming an interrupted longitudinal line. Two conjoined 
latero-dorsal tubercles emit a very long white hair directed upwards 
and a shorter white palmate hair directed upwards and forwards ; 
a supraspiracular tubercle emits a brown palmate hair directed 
upwards and forwards; two conjoined subspiracular tubercles emit 
a short white hair directed forward and a long white hair directed 
downwards; there are also one or two latero-ventral tubercles 
emitting white hairs. The whole surface of the segments is also 
closely studded with short white clubbed secondary hairs.” Figure 
10 on Plate E was drawn from this living larva under the micros¬ 
cope, and figure 8 on the same Plate gives a rather more detailed 
view T of one of the peculiar palmate hairs. 
The following description was made from the pupa produced by 
the larva described above :—“ The pupa is about 7 mm. long and 
is attached to the under-surface of the midrib of a leaf of the food 
plant. The appendage sheaths and anal portion are of a yellowish- 
green colour, the remainder of a very pale pinkish-red. The dorsal 
surface bears a system of highly specialized tubercles, the nature of 
which will be best understood by a reference to the figure.” (Plate 
F., figure 11.) 
OXYPTILUS, Zell 
Synopsis of the Species. 
C Abdomen with a transverse white band .. vaughani 
1 Abdomen without a transverse white band 2 
[ Scale-tooth or tuft on dorsum of li.w. 
j touches apex of third segment .. regulus 
Scale-tooth or tuft on dorsum of h.w. does 
not touch apex of third segment .. 3 
( First segment of f.w. with a distinct anal 
| angle .. .. .. causodes 
i First segment of f.w. with no anal angle .. 4 
( Dorsum of h.w. with a small scale-tooth not 
I extending beyond § .. .. epidectes 
I Dorsum of h.w. with a large scale-tooth 
I beyond §.. . . .. regalis 
