372 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1890. 



sharp snout ; wing-cases produced into a long, straight, double fila- 

 ment. It is attached by the tail and a silken band to a leaf, which 

 is partially drawn over it. We found this from July to October, 

 feeding on the wild turmeric. 



85. Mahipa aria, Moore, Plate F., figs, 3, Za. 



Larva smooth, tapering somewhat towards the head, but tumid 

 and flattened at the anal end, greenish- or bluish-white, with a 

 linear black collar, and a lateral row of minute black spots, those on 

 the tumid penultimate segment larger than the rest ; head light 

 brown, large, and slightly bilobed. Pupa of a dirty whitish colour, 

 the abdominal part much lengthened and slender, the thorax thicker 

 and very short, constricted just behind the head, no snout, wing-cases 

 produced into a short united filament. We got this in October, 

 feeding on a dwarf species of bainboo. It forms a cell by rolling the 

 leaf spirally. The pupa is attached by the tail only, and rattles in its 

 cell like that of Oangara thyrsis* 



86. Tclieota bambusoB, Moore. 



Larva smooth, thickest in the middle ; head moderately large and 

 slightly bilobed ; last segment depressed ; colour greenish, albescent 

 on the last segment. Pupa brown, more compact than in the last 

 species, abdomen short, constricted behind the head, wing-cases not 

 produced. We got this in October on the same leaf as the last, with 

 a third species which we unfortunately lost. It forms a cell by 

 joining the edges of a leaf. 



87. Parata chromus, Cramer. 



Larva stouter than most of the family, sparsely clothed with 

 short hair, the head a little larger than the neck and scarcely bilobed ; 

 colour variable, most commonly pale yellow, with a dorsal line and 

 two subdorsal rows of large, brown or purplish spots, the space 

 between being clouded with the same ; the sides and under parts 

 light green. Pupa quite regular, stout, pale green, covered with a 

 chalky white powder. This caterpillar, which may very easily be 

 mistaken for that of a moth, was found on the " Karanj " tree 

 (Pongaiuia glabra), which it almost denuded, in June and July. It 

 appeared again, not in such numbers, towards the end of the rains. 



