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LASIOCAMPID LARVA. 
Plate XXVII, figs. 9, ga. 
Amongst the other defoliating caterpillars of the Kharshu 
oak at Deoban I obtained a larva which evidently belonged to 
the Lastocampide. 
The following is a description of the caterpillar :— 
Head large, black, Body black, covered with hair. Thoracic 
and pro-legs black. Hair arranged in whorls of pencils round 
the insect. On the first four segments the hairs are yellowish- 
brown in colour. On the following six the pencils are white, 
whilst on the last two the hairs are again yellowish-brown. In 
addition to the pencils there are longer projecting black hairs. 
Length #ths inch. The caterpillar is shown in Pl. XXVII, fig, g. 
I endeavoured to breed moths from these larve, but all my 
specimens were parasitised by the ichneumon flies described 
below. Fig. g shows the larva and ga@ the dead skin of a 
larva and a cocoon of one of the parasitic flies alongside of it on 
the leaf. 
The larva feeds upon the leaf by eating patches out of its 
sides or it consumes the whole of the leaf tissue leaving only 
the larger veins. It was taken on the 1oth July, 
