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sides of the clypeus^ and a line on each side of the central band 

 parallel to it reaching half-way up the face ; segment 2 thickened 

 in the centre, with a thin dorsal black collar from spiracle to 

 spiracle; colour of body is greyish-green, with conspicuous brown 

 spiracles; body shortly hairy round the margin, and covered with 

 minute setiferous tubercles, the seta? being also minute. Length 

 32'5 mm. 



Pupa. — 'As in ihe description of the group; constriotion nearly 

 nil ; proboscis free beyond the wings to the centre of segment 10 ; 

 spiracular expansions of segment 2 large, facing forwards, slightly 

 raised, brown ; colour of pupa very light, watery yellow-green, the 

 abdomen being a dirty whitish-yellow, covered with white powder 

 in the cell. It is stout. Length 20 mm. 



Habits. — The larva naakes an extremely tight cell of several blades, 

 clothino- it inside so densely with silk that it is difficult to tear open ; 

 the cell is thickly powdered inside ; it is cylindrical ; the final cell in 

 which the change to pupa takes place is made generally low clown 

 near the stem of the plant. The larva feeds upon Oriza saliva (rice) 

 and on certain grasses. 



205. Suastus gremius, Fabricius. 



This skipper cannot be said to be rare at any season or in any part 

 of the district, but is not met with as often as certain other butterflies. 

 It has a rapid flight and is difficult to capture on the wing. We 

 have bred nearly all our specimens. 



Larva. — As in the description of group ; head round, flattish, 

 slightly bi-lobed ; jaws strong and large ; colour whitish, with a 

 marginal brown band and a central one of the same colour separating 

 along the sides of the clvpeus, a brown mark above the jaws, and a 

 large brown oval patch in the centre of each lobe ; body-colour grey- 

 green with many minute green spots ; spiracles pure black ; head is 

 large for the body ; anal segment flattened, rounded at the extremity. 

 Length 80 mm. 



Pupa. — Not very stout ; eyes prominent ; thorax slightly humped; 

 constriction slight ; spiracular expansions of segment 2 large, ear- 

 shaped, brown in colour ; colour green, with head and abdomen 

 slightly yellowish ; pupa covered with a white powder in the cell. 

 Length 16 mm. 



