Lepidoptera observed in Mhow. 389 



formed by a yellow disc, margined by a deep blue band. 

 Horn on last segment black at apex, graduating into a 

 reddish tint at base. 



Both varieties were identical in shape, fed on the 

 same herbs — a common balsam, and another plant with 

 large palmate leaf, of which I do not know the name. 

 The pupae and imagines also proved to be similar. 

 I bred several of both in separate cages. 



The larvffi bind dead leaves, bits of earth, &c., with 

 silken ligatures, loosely together on the surface of the 

 ground ; under these they change to pupae. The latter 

 have a curiously keel-shaped head, spine at anus, and 

 metallic markings on a pearly ground, something like 

 that seen in papier-mache work. This pearly sheen is 

 best developed on the front aspect of the wing-covers. 



The imagines on and after issuing from the cocoons 

 discharge a quantity of brown watery fluid from the 

 anus. 



I bred several imagines from July to October. I have 

 notes only of the periods of four, viz. : — 



Formed cocoon. Became pupse. Imagines. 



1. July 24th. July 28th. Aug. 13th. 



2. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. 



3. July 26th. ? Aug. 16th. 



4. Aug. 30th. ? Sept. 21st. 



Chcerocampa thyelia, Linn. 



Mhow, Sept. 26th, 1881. 



The larva, of which I have found only a single speci- 

 men, I got wandering in my verandah ; probably it feeds 

 on the convolvulus often called "railway creeper" in 

 India. Ground colour a rich grassy green. The head 

 and front segments are retractile ; last segment armed 

 with a short spine. The lateral margins of the body are 

 ornamented with ocelli, seven in number on each side. 

 The anterior ocellus consists of a pale pink circle, sur- 

 rounding an area of blue, in which are small white 

 puncta. The remaining ocelH have the pink margin 

 enclosing a semicircular patch of brown, without 



puncta. 



The pupa is keel-headed, resembling those of C. celerio 

 and C. Oldenlandice in shape and colouring. The larva 

 undergoes its change in a cell made on the surface of 

 the ground under leaves. 



