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SUANA CONCOLOR, 
WLK. 
References:—WIk Cat. vi, p. 1463; C. &S. no. 1508; Lebeda bimaculata, 
WIk. Cat. vi, p. 1463; C. & S. no. 1506; Moore Lep. Ceyl. 
ii, pl. 140, figs. 1, 1a, 6 (larva); Suana ampla, WIk. Cat. vi, 
p. 1502; C.& S. no. 1505; Suana cervina, Moore, P. Z.S. 
18479, p. 410; C & S. no. 1507. Hmpsn. Faun. Br. Ind. 
Moths, I, 406. no. 903. 
Classification :— Order, LEPIDOPTERA. Sub-Order, HETEROCERA. 
Family, Lasiocampide. 
Description. 
The larva is a pale greyish-brown in colour covered with 
-numerous black strie; the second and third segments with 
raised dorsal humps covered with close black or dark brown 
hair; immature specimens have small white-haired dorsal 
papillz on the fourth to the tenth segments, each with a pair of 
red brown papillz in front and a pair of crimson papilla on each 
side; the eleventh segment has a black dorsal tuft; there are 
lateral brownish tufts on each segment; the head is longi- 
tudinally banded with black. (This description, which differs 
slightly from Hampson’s, is that of living specimens.) PI. V, 
fig. 1, @ shows the larva of this insect. 
The larva when pupating spins a long semi-elliptical cocoon 
grey to grey-brown in colour consisting of coarse silk and hairs 
from its own body and some 3 to 4 inches in length. (Fig, 1, J.) 
The pupa is black, shining, slightly concave dorsally and 
1 to 1:25 inches long. The pectinate antennz of the future 
moth can be seen outlined cn the pupal skin. 
Moth. &. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown. 
Fore wing dark red-brown, the costa greyish; a more or less 
distinct yellowish subbasal spot; a silvery-white spot at end 
of cell; two antemedial, a medial, and two postmedial dark 
waved lines; a submarginal lunulate line, with yellow marks 
more or less prominent in the undulations, Hind wing dark 
red-brown. 
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