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wings, all the black spots are smaller than in that species, in the 

 forewing the two black spots in the middle of the discoidal cell are 

 almost or entirely separated, and the marginal black band is almost 

 obsolete towards the apex of the wing; on the underside of both wings 

 the ground-colour is very dark greyish-brown. In our area it is 

 found with V. c-album in Tehri Garhwal. V. tibetana, Elwes, which 

 is found in Native Sikkim and Western China, appears also to be dis- 

 tinct ; the ground-colour of the upperside of both wings and the 

 black spots are the same as in V. agnicula, but in the forewing the 

 marginal black band is as in V. c-album ; the underside has the 

 ground-colour much as in V. agnicula, but there are very characteris- 

 tic dark metallic green spots towards the margin not found in the other 

 two species. 



115. Symbrenthia hippoclus, Cramer. 



Occurs somewhat commonly at Mussoorie and in the interior from 

 April to October. The larva, which feeds on Debregeasia bicolor, 

 Wedd., Natural Order Urticacew, is gregarious, and is very like that of 

 Vanessa caschmirensis, Kollar. The pupa has two pincer-shaped 

 processes on the head, and the back of the thorax is beantifully marked 

 with gold. The transformations have been figured by Moore in Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882, p. 243, pi. xi, figs. 4, larva ; ka } pupa, front 

 and side views. 



116. Symbrenthia asthala, Moore. 



Bather rare, but flies in Mussoorie from April to September ; 

 occurs also in Tehri Garhwal and the Upper Ganges Valley. If 

 S. brabira, Moore, is the same species as S. asthala, as is probable, 

 then the former name will stand for the species, as it is the older. 



117. Cyrestis thyodamas, Boisduval. Plate U, Figs. 11a, 11&, 

 larva ; lie, ll^, pupa. 

 Very common in Mussoorie and in the interior, and is not rare 

 in the Dun. It flies all through the warmer months. The larva feeds 

 on Ficus nemoralis, Wall., in Mussoorie, and on Ficus glomerata, Roxb., 

 both Natural Order Urticacece, in the Dun. The larva is both beautiful 

 and remarkable. It has two long diverging processes on the head, a 

 still longer one directed backwards on the fifth segment, and another 

 upright one on the thirteenth segment. 



