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TRABALA VISHNU. 
LEF, 

References :—Lef. Zool. Journ, iii, p. 207 ; C. & S. no. 1456; Moore, Lep. 
E. I. Co. pl. xxii, figs. 3, 3b (larva) Gastropacha sulphurea, 
Koll. Higel’s Kaschmir, iv, p. 471; C. & S. no. 1449; 
We 
Trabala mahananda, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 821; C. & S. 
no. 1454; Amydona basalis, WIk. Cat. vi, p. 1415; Amydona 
prasina, Wlk. Cat. vi, p. 1417. Amydona pallida, Wik Cat 
vi, p- 1417; Hmpsn. Faun. Br. Ind. Moths. I. 421; no. 936. 
Classification :—Order, LEPIDOPTERA. Sub-Order, HETEROCERA: 
Family, Lasiocampide, 
. | Description. 
Larva. Head yellow, spotted with red; the body colour 
brownish grey, with long lateral tufts on each segment; that on 
the first black and grey, the others grey; paired dorsal and 
lateral black spots on each segment, from which spring long 
black hairs, the spots on the thoracic segments coalescing. 
Another form of the larva is blackish with a broad white 
dorsal stripe, the anterior tufts red-brown. 
A third form is reddish with the lateral spots blue. 
Cocoon is ochreous in colour, with short black hairs project- 
ing from it, which are intensely irritating. 
Moth. 3. Pale apple-green ; antennz ochreous brown, the 
disk of fore wing and inner margin of hind wing whitish; fore 
wing with a faint pale antemedial line curved below the costa ; 
a dark speck at end of cell; a pale straight oblique postmedial 
line, which becomes medial on the hind wing ; both wings with 
a series of small submarginal dark spots. Pl. V, fig, 2, shows 
the male moth. 
@. Yellowish green, which fades to ochreous ; the lines and 
spots of both wings enlarged and blackish; the spot at end 
of cell of fore wing large, conspicuous, and irrorated with black 
scales, and sometimes centred with grey; a red-brown patch 
1 This insect was reported to be defoliating sal forest near Dubri, Assam, 
in company with Lymantria grandis and Dasychira sp., by Mr. J. Camp- 
bell, Deputy Conservator of Forests. 
