94 
PLECOPTERA REFLEXA, 
GUEN. 
References :—Guen. Noct. ii, p. 430; C.& S. no, 2312. Trigonodes gam- 
moides, WIk. Cat. xv, p. 1833. Poaphila simplex, Wlk. Cat. 
xv. p. 1840. Poaphila hamifera, Wlk, Cat. xxxiii, p. 992. 
Poaphila uniformis, Moore, Lep. Atk., p. 172, pl. 5, fig. 10; 
C.&S. no. 2313. Hamp. Faun. Brit. Ind. Moths, Vol. II, 
Ps 519. no. 2549. 
Classification :—Order, LEPIDOPTERA. Sub-Order, HETEROCERA. 
Family, Noctuide. 
Description. 
The /arva is of the looper type, about an inch in length 
when full grown. It is green in colour with five white longitu- 
dinal lines running down its back. The head is paler green, or 
almost white. It is an active caterpillar, wriggling violently 
when touched. 
The pupa is red and about ? inch in length. No cocoon is 
formed. — 
The moth is small and brownish and is thus described by 
Hampson : == 
Palpi slight and reaching vertex of the head, he third joint 
minute; antennz of male with long cilia and bristles; thorax 
and abdomen smoothly scaled; tibiz slightly hairy and without 
spines. Fore wing with the apex nearly rectangular. Grey- 
brown in colour; the head and collar bright fulvous. Fore 
wing with obliquely waved antemedial line; a large reniform 
spot, often with black centre and with a rufous spot on the 
costa above it; an inwardly oblique waved postmedial line 
and sinuous submarginal line; a marginal series of minute dark 
specks. Hind wing fuscous brown; the outer area slightly 
darker. Underside greyish white; the outer area fuscous ; 
male with the costal area of hind wing also fuscous. Wing 
expanse of 30 millim. 
Pl. III, fig. 3, a, shows the larva, b, the ¢& and 9 moths of 
this insect. 
