( 735 ) 



Larva with the fourtb segment swollen ; strongl}' tapering in IVuut, variegatotl 

 with short brown divided lines which border pale dots, these brown markings 

 vestigial in the green form of the larva ; an ocellus on segments 4 and 5 ; horn 

 short or vestigial.— Food-plants : Galium ; EpHohitim ; Vitis ; Fuchsia, ; etc. 



Pupa rough, without gloss ; tongue-case keeled in basal fifth ; a distinct 

 tubercle in front of ej-e ; abdominal segments .5 to 7 with a subbasal belt of sharp 

 tubercles, except on underside : cremaster broad at base and flattened, terminating 

 n a slender process, the extreme tip of which is notched. 



Ilah. Palaearctic Region ; China; North India. 



Five species : 



a. Fringe of hindwing not dotted with brown 



at the veins ....... /;. 



Fringe of hindwing dotted with brown at 



the veins ........ c. 



h. Marginal area of hindwing bright rosy red . 



Blarginal area of hindwing red shaded with 



cinnamon ...... 



c. Pronotum with pale edge, costal margin of 

 hindwing below mottled with grey and 

 brown ........ c. 



Pronotum uniformly red ; costal margin of 



hindwing below red 687. I', iioirdlu.-i. 



(I. Abilominal segments with white edges . 680. J^. axlmldeiisis. 



Abdominal segments without white edges . 68S. P. .■i/adlics. 



68.5. P. cljjenor. 

 i'i>HJ. P. rirularis. 



685. Pergesa elpenor. 



Sjih'/Lf elj/i:iior Linue, I.e. !>. 4',ll. n. I.i (175H). 



c? ? . This species is not gencrically different from porccllim as nearly all 

 authors have maintained ; the two insects agree very closely and, what is jnst 

 as imjiortant., disagree with all tlie other Choerocaminnae, rieidar/.i, .s'lclli/.s and 

 (taliolde/i.^i.H excepted. 



The three subspecies of rljicnor are not very sharply defined. Wliile the 

 Indian race is fairly well marked, the Ja]ianese individuals are not .-ilways diifereni 

 from large Enroj)eau examples. 



$. Tenth tergite a little slenderer than in jutrrctlKs, sleruilc more minidc 1 

 at end ; friction-scales more niuneroiis ; procu'ss of liarpe soincwhut lojigcr 

 (PI. Lll. f. Uj ; dentate ridge of penis-shcafh also hmgi'r (PI. LVI. f. o.^). 



Larva: ocelli kidney-shaped, being concave at the ventral side: liorn lou'jer 

 than in jiovcdluH. 



I^upa stout, three titnes as hing as liriiiMJ. 



Hull. Palaearctic Region ; China; North India. 



Three subsj)ecies : 



<i . PcrijiWi flpi'niir elpenor. 



Mouf., Thrah: /iiH. ]i. '.).i. f. 2 (li;:il) ; Murian, /•;-//■. /"«. ii. p. .'W. t. 7:1(Ii!h:)); lUj.. //-«'. In'. 

 I>. 14.'). n. 2, p. 140. n. H, p. 2H1. n. li;(I7lll); Metiiui, A'/w. Orlim p. ."H. t. 2J (/., /<., /'., 

 /'";•-,«,) (1717) ; I'etiv., </u:„/,li. t. 40. f. 1 1. 12. IM (I'l 1) ; Alb., /•;«<//. /«». t. 11(172(1); Kri»«li, 

 liiH. xii. ■). 1. t, 1. f. 1. 2. ;i (17:ii;) ; Rooh., /h<. llrliixt. i. p. 2.0. t. 4(174i;) : i'l , iv. p. ,V.i ( 17fil ) ; 



