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Larva. — Similar to the last ; head white, with a shiny black, broad 

 border ; a broad shiny black line down the centre of the face splitting 

 down the sides of the clypeus, and a curved black mark in the centre 

 ot each lobe ; all these marks are broader in the rains specimens than 

 in the dry weather ones. Length 47 mm. 



Pupa. — The pnpa is not distinguishable from the pupa of the pre- 

 ceding in any particular. 



Habits. — The same as for B. conjuncta, Herrich-Schaffer ; larva 

 feeds on bamboo, 



224. Baoris kumara, Moore. 



A very common insect at all times and places in this district ; it 

 basks like the last, but always on leaves, and is fond of flowers in the 

 early morning ; it is easily captured when basking as, if disturbed, it 

 returns to the same leaf ; it has an extremely rapid flight. We have 

 bred many specimens at all seasons and above and below the ghats. 



Larva. — Very similar to the last, except that the head is somewhat 

 smaller, light yellow in colour, with a dark line down the centre of the 

 face ; the head is suffused with black in the monsoon months. 

 Length 27 mm. 



Pupa. — Not distinguishable from that of the last. Length 27*5 mm. 



Habits. — Larva makes a cell out of two or more leaves laxly drawn 

 together with a few threads, when full-grown ; feeds on bamboos. 

 The transformations of this species have been figured in Journal, 

 Bombay Natural History Society, Vol. V, p. 370, No. 80, pi. F 5 

 Figs. 4, larva ; 4a, pupa (1890), as Parnara kumara. 

 225. Baoris plebeia, de Niceville. 



Is found throughout the district at all seasonis in similar localities to 

 B. kumara, Moore ; it is very similar to the last in appearance ; indeed 

 so similar as to be difficult of separation as concerns the males ; the 

 female of this species is, however, greyish on the underside of the hind 

 wing, whereas the female of the last is rusty-red ; the male of this is 

 perhaps also more constantly rusty-red underneath than the male of 

 B. kumara. 



Larva. — Very similar to the last, but has a broad black band round 

 the head; a black line down the centre of the face splitting along the 

 sides of the clypeus, the furcations reaching half-way down the cly- 

 peus, where they are met by a brown line parallel to the central line, 



