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COMMON BUTTERILIES OF THE PLAINS. 101 



India except in the desert tracts ; in Assam, Burma and Tenasserim, 

 extending to the Malay Peninsula. 



126. Pareronia pingasa. — Llesembles P. hippia, Fabr., in colour and disposi- 

 tion of markings, but differs as follows : — Male, up])er&ide : ground-colour a 

 deeper blue. Forewing : the terminal, black border much broader, generally 

 entirely without the transverse, subterminal series of bluish-white spots ; in 

 a few specimens there are one or two of these spots present, but nothing like 

 the series so conspicuous in hippia. Hindwing : the terminal, black border 

 very broad, narrowing distinctly, though slightly towards the tornal angle. 

 Proportionally this border is even broader than in the forewing. Underside 

 as in hippia. — Female closely resembles the female of hippia, but on the 

 upperdde the outer, black margins beyond the discal markings of both wings 

 are proportionately much broader ; the transverse, subterminal series of spots 

 that crosses the wing is further from the terminal edge. On the underside 

 the black, terminal borders are broader and darker, the subterminal series of 

 spots on the apex of the forewing and on the hindwing absent, or so very 

 thickly overlaid with the dusky brownish-black of the terminal margin as to 

 be very indistinct and blurred. Antennge, head, thorax and abdomen as 

 well as eyes as in hippia. 



Larva — {Tide marginal fig.). — Body cylindrical, shortly erect-haired, with 



distinct, impressed, 

 transverse, parallel 

 lines to each seg- 

 ment as usual ; 

 widest at middle 

 about segment 7, 

 narrowing gradually 

 ^ to tail-end, consider- 



~'~'""^-~_>™ - ^..- ably less towards 



head ; anal segment 

 ■^«-^- «^?^- dorsally flattened, 



somewhat slightly constricted about middle, and produced behind into two 

 short, diverging points which are close together and separated by a concave 

 sinus : both are set with hairs and reach well beyond the anal claspers. Head 

 round, somewhat flattened on face ; surface finely rugose, set with fine, light 

 hairs ; eyes black ; the whole head a slightly lighter green in colour than the 

 body. Segment 2 slightly narrower than head. Surface of body smooth 

 with the usual tubercles to each segment hardly p)erceptible, each bearing a 

 single, small, erect seta or hair : subdorsal, dorsolateral, supra and sub- 

 spiracular. Spiracles oval, black except those of segments 2, 11 and 12 

 which are larger and yellow in colour, bordered thinly with black. Colour 

 of larva is dark-green, each tubercle a small, brown spot except the 

 subspiracular ones which are green like the body ; the tubercles of course 

 arranged on segments 5-13 as usual : the subdorsal near front margin, the 

 dorsolateral nearer the hinder margin, the others central ; segments 3, 4 with 

 them all central in a row ; segment 2 with them along front margin; from 

 behind each spiracle a diagonal, chequered, brown band runs up and for- 

 wards on to the preceding segment ; this band varying in intensity of 

 colour in different individuals ; on segments 5 and 12 a large, spiracular 

 patch of brown with two or three white spots on it : these patches fading 

 before pupation ; tail-points brown, connected spiracularly with patch on 

 segment 12 by a brown line ; true legs red-brown. L : 41 mm ; B : 6 mm ; 

 H : 5 mm. 



Fupa — (Vide marginal fig.). — Shape as in figure in margin. Head slightly 

 convex dorsally and ventrally ; vertex small ; segment 2 dorsally convex 



