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Pupa. — Head large, quadrate; eyes prominent, with a short, conical 

 obtuse beak ; constriction slight ; section of abdomen circular ; at 

 segment 7 the pupa is broadest ; shape longish ; surface corrugated 

 finely, slightly and shortly red-haired ; spiracular expansions of 

 segment 2 large, raised, oblong, facing forwards, spongy-looking and 

 golden in colour ; proboscis reaches beyond the cremaster, being 

 free from the end of the wing cases. The colour is a rich golden- 

 brown and shiny. Length 23 mm. 



Habits. — The habits of the larva are those given for the group, 

 except that it does not scollop the edge of its cell. The pupa is 

 attached by the tail and by a body-band. The larva feeds on a plant 

 of the acanthaceous genus Eranthemum. 



195. Celcenorrhinus ambareesa, Moore. (Plate VIII, Fig. 1.) 



Is found much in the same localities as the last, but often visits the 

 verandahs of bungalows ; it haunts places where the shade is deep 

 amongst rocks in the jungles, and may be caught at flowers in the 

 early morning round the open spaces in the forest. We have bred 

 many from larvse obtained with larvse of the next species. 



Larva. — Head similar to the last in colour and shape. Segment 2 

 somewhat swollen and shiny. Shape of body the same as the forego- 

 ing. Colour of larva when young is black (C. leucocera, Kollar, and 

 C.fusca, Hampson, are green) but is dark brown olive-green when 

 full grown, with a pair of lateral short white lines to each segment, a 

 dark dorsal pulsating line, and a white marginal line. Length 

 32 mm. 



Pupa. — The chrysalis of this species is nearly exactly the same as 

 that of the last in every particular, the proboscis being produced to 

 the same length, &c. Length 25 mm. 



Habits. — The habits are the same as for the last ; the larva does not 

 scollop the edge of its cell. Feeds on Strobilanthes callosus, Nees. 

 196. Celcenorrhinus fusca^ Hampson. (Plate VIII, Fig. 2.) 



Much commoner than either of the last two species in the imago 

 state ; it swarms in the monsoon on the tops of the hills round Karwar, 

 where the " karwi," the food-plant of its larva, is common ; it is to be 

 met with everywhere above the ghats in the dry-season. "We have 

 bred great numbers of it. It rests on the underside of leaves in thick 

 jungle. 



