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also a little thread spun over the abdomen. Above that, however, three longer 

 and stronger threads were stretched across the not rolled up, but a little l^ent 

 leaf, which prevented the leaf from curling to the other side through which 

 the thin threads, that hold fast the pupa, would break or become so stretched 

 that it would have been the pupo's death. According to v.\n Deventer the 

 larva always pupates in this manner at the underside of a leaf; if this is true, 

 then the danger of curling upwards of the leaf would lie in the fact itself. A 

 ver}- ingenious arrangement of which I have spoken in the Introduction and 

 that I think has not been observed in all pupae of this species, therefore it 

 may be, that such is only the case when they are attached to very dry leaves 

 as those of the Bambusa, which are particularly inclined to curl. This, however, 

 also requires a further inquiry. A pupa of the 29''^— 30"^ March gave the 

 imago on the <}''> of April. The pupae often contain many Braconidae. I 

 give here figures of the early stages, which I regard as more accurate than 

 those of VAN Deventer, particularly in respect to the larva. 



7. TuLsi de Nic. (PI. IX, fig 54). 



De Niceville, Journal Asiat. Soc. 0/ Bengal, 52, /. 86 (1883) Parnara Tulsi. 

 Plotz, Stett. Ent. Zcit. 1886, .v. 95, No. 20,0 b . . . . Hesperia Jolanda. 

 Elwes and Edwards, Trans. Zool. Soc. oj London, 14, 4, 



p. 371, 284 (1897) Parnara Tulsi. 



The description of Jolanda given by Plotz without doubt concerns Tulsi 

 de Nic, which is then the oldest name. 



W. J. Buitenzorg (265); Soukaboumi (602); Tjibodas (1410); province of 

 Prajangan ( 1 500 — 1 800). 



C. J. A specimen without further indication of the place where it was caught. 

 E. J.? 



8. Plebeja de Nic. (PI. IX, fig. 55). 



De Niceville, Proc. Zool. Soc. of London, 1887, /. 466, 



//. 40, fio. 2 Parnara Plebeja. 



Elwes and Edwards, Trans. Zool. Soc. oJ London, 14, 4, 



/. 271, 275 (1897) - 



Identified from a specimen sent to Snellen by de Niceville. The 9 seems 



yet to be unknown. 



W. J.? 

 C. J. ? 



E. J. Province of Pasourouan (+ 500) (Fruhst.). 



