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BOARMIA SELENARIA, 
HUBN. 
References :—Hibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Geom. fig 163. Boarmia dia- 
naria, Hibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Geom. fig. 483. Boar- 
mia reciprocaria, Wlk. Cat. xxi, p. 336. Boarmia imparata. 
WIk. Cat. xxi, p. 372; C. & S. no. 3344. Boarmia promp- 
taria, Wlk. Cat. xxi, p.379; C. & S.no. 3333. Opthalmodes 
cretacea, Butl, A. M.N. H. (s) iv, p. 373. Uimpsn. Faune 
Br. Ind. Moths, Ill, p. 264. no. 3403. 
Classification :—Order, LEPIDOPTERA. Sub-Order, HETEROCERA. 
Family, Geometride. 
Description, 
Larva.—When young the larva is pale sap-green in colour 
with a yellow head and a yellow stripe running down each side 
of the body. There are two dark-coloured spots on the last 
but one abdominal segment, and another pair on the sixth seg- 
ment, The caterpillar is of the “looper’’ type, having three 
pairs of jointed legs on the first three segments, one pair of 
anal claspers and only one other pair of clasper legs placed on 
the ninth segment; the larva moves forward by looping up its 
b dy in the manner peculiar to the caterpillars of this family. 
As the insect grows older a dark purple line becomes visible 
down the dorsal surface, the spots on the last segment but one 
and on the sixth segment being still present. The sides, the 
last abdominal segment, and the ventral surface are still greenish- 
yellow, but in addition the sides have a row of purple spots, be- 
coming almost a continuous line, running downthem. The head 
is reddish yellow, squarish in outline when seen from the front. 
The last pair of claspers are very large. When full grown 
the caterpillar may have the above colouring or the insect may 
be coloured an exact imitation of a sal twig, the ground colour 
being a reddish-brown with patches of purple-black and a purple- 
black line down its dorsal surface; a series of purple spots down 
the sides, slightly dorsally, and a whitish-yellow line down the 
