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four brown lateral oblique stripes on this area converging towards the head, and 

 two indistinct pale brownish stripes, converging towards the horn, just behind the 

 ocellus on the 4th segment, which has a dark brown centre, circled with brick 

 red, then a ring of white, and finally a black ring, a sub-dorsal creamy white line 

 from the head to the 7th segment ; there is a yellow spot on this line on the 3rd 

 segment above the ocellus. Legs brown, claspers and underparts purpUsh 

 slate, horn purplish slate, spiracles dark brown. The head of the larva is re- 

 tractile into the first three segments, and this is a favourite attitude of the full, 

 grown larva when at rest. 



Length. — lA mm. 



Time of appearance.- — November to March. 



Food-plants. — Gardenia sessiliflora and campanulata. 



Pupa — General ground colour on the wing cases and thoracical segments 

 is a pale yellowish buflf, and the abdominal segments have a pale pinkish suffu- 

 sion. It is profusely spotted all over the segments, but sparingly on the ventral 

 surface and also on the wing cases with a darker shade of buff. Spiracles black, 

 the middle ones being connected with each other by dark brown streaks. The 

 eyes are bordered with a black crescent. Leg cases intense black peculiarly 

 marked with buff coloured intersections. Tongue case buff ending in a black 

 tip at the apex of the forewings. Two round buff coloured marks on the 4th 

 abdominal segment near the apex of the forewings. Cremaster black and pointed 

 with two minute bristles at the extreme tip. The pupa is smooth and gl^ossy, 

 and very compact. It is extremely lively in the pupa state and seems to be 

 very sensitive. 



Length. — ^, 31 mm. 5 , 37 mm. 



Time of pupation. — November to March. 



Situation. — In a slightly woven network of dead leaves and debris spun 

 together on the surface of the ground at or near roots of food-plant. 



Genus. — Gueelca. Type : hyas. 



Gurelca, Kirby, Roy. Dublin Soc. (2) II, p. 330 (1880); Rothsch, Nov. 

 Zool. IX (Suppl.), CXXXV, pp. 587 and 896 (1903). 



Range. — North Western India (known as far south as Mhow) to JapaHj 

 the Philippines and Java. (Roths.) 



Two species of which both are Indian. 



GtTRELCA HYAS. (Walker.) 



Lophura hyas. Walker, List. Lep. Ins. B. M., VIII, p. 107, n. 3, (1856). 



Gurelca hyas. Kirb, I.e. (1880) ; Hampson in Blanf., Fanna Brit. Ind. Moths, 

 I, p. 110, n. 173 (1892) ; Dudgeon, Journ., Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, XI, p. 417, 

 n. 173 (1898) ; Rothschild, I.e., pp. 588 and 896, n. 524 (1903). 



Gurelca macroglossoides, Hamps., in Blanf., Fauna Brit. Ind. Moths, I, p. 

 110, n. 175 (1892); Dudg., I.e., XI, p. 417, n. 175 (1898). 



Habitat. — Indo-Malayan Sub-region : — North-Western India ; Mhow ; east- 

 wards to Java and the Phihppines. (Roths.) 



Localities.— Mhow ; C. India ; Khasia Hills and Silhet, Assam ; Madras ; 

 Insein District, S. Burma ; Sikkim and Bhutan. 



Elevation. — (Vertical range) up to 6,000 feet. 



Time of appearance. — February to July and November and December. 



Occurrence.- — Fairly .common in some localities. 



Expanse. — $ , 40 mm. $ . 



Larva. — There are apparently three or four different varieties of the larva of 

 this species all feeding on the same species of plant, viz., Morinda. There is a 

 green form with irregular brown markings, i.e., dots on the dorsal surface 

 resembling somewhat the skin of a lizard, only in miniature. Then there is a 



