LEPIDOPTERA. 



415 



covered with short spine-like hairs. " When full-grown the larva 

 descends to the ground, enters the earth at the base of the stem of 

 the foodplant and there constructs a weak cocoon of silk in which 

 it transforms into a dark-coloured rounded pupa provided with a 

 slight silken girdle " [Y.R.R.] but, sometimes at least, pupation is 

 effected on or amongst the leaves of the foodplant. 



Foodplants- Red-gram. Lab-lab and other puis 



Status.— Serious injury may be done when this insect is in large 

 numbers, a very large propo the pods being completely 



emptied of their contents. 



Control. — ? 



POLYOMMATUS BCETICUS, Linn. 



Papilio bceticus, Linn., Syst. Nat. (ed. XII;, I, 789 (1767). 



Polyommatus Initials, Bingham, Faun. Ind. Butt., II. 432 — 434 ; 

 . Ind. Ins. Life. p. 428 ; Kershaw, Butt. Hongkong, p. 75, t. 9. 

 ft'. 2, 10. 



■.unit us boeticus : 1. _'. I rfly in 



resting attitude showing undi 1 ; 5, Butterfly, left male, 



righl 



Distribution.— Throughout Southern India. 



Lifehistory. — Eggs are laid on flower-buds and pods into which 

 the young newly-hatched larvae burrow. The full-grown larva is 



