CEL^NOBBBIN^. 89 



p. 422. Davidson, Bell and Aitken, id. xi. 1897, p. 34, pi. 7, fig. 4 (larva and pupa). Elwes 

 and Edwards, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 124, pi. 22, figs. 6, 6a (genitalia), de Rhe-Philipe, Journ. 

 Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. 1898, p. 597. Aitken and Comber, id. xv. 1903, p. 52. Hannjngton, 

 id. XX. 1910, p. 371. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside dark vinaceous-blackisli-brown. Forewimj with three 

 sub-apical dots of equal size in a curve from near the costa, a bar across the cell near 

 its end, its outer side deeply excavated, a small spot between it and the costa, another 

 immediately outside its lower end, with a short linear spot below it, all whitish and 

 semi-hyaline. Hindwing with a spot at the end of the cell, a discal and a marginal 

 band all very little darker than the ground colour and very indistinct. Cilia of both 

 wings brown alternated with grey, touched with a little whitish above the hinder 

 angle of the forewing. Underside paler than the upperside, markings similar, an 

 additional whitish indistinct spot on the forewing towards the base of the interno- 

 median interspace. Antennae black, the shaft with white dots, and a whitish streak on 

 the underside below the club ; palpi, head and body above blackish-brown, on the 

 underside the palpi are grey, pectus and legs with grey hairs. 



Female. Upperside similar to the male, the semi-hyaline spots on the forewing a 

 little larger. Underside paler than in the male. Forewing with the whitish spots 

 larger. Hindwing with a whitish spot at the end of the cell, a discal series of whitish 

 lunular spots, and a few more indistinct whitish spots inside the wing. 



Expanse of wings, ^ $ 1^ to lyo- inches. 



Larva exactly similar to that of C. dan, Fabricius, except that in this species 

 • the collar is rosy-white, and the colour of the body a dark, blackish-olive-green. 

 Length, 17 mm. 



Pupa. — Head large, quadrate, with a rounded l)oss between the eyes, which is 

 clothed with fine, erect, red hairs curved at the points ; surface of the body clothed 

 with reddish, short, curved top, hairs, shorter than those on the head ; segments 1 and 

 2 finely rugose ; rest of pupa shiny and smooth. Proboscis free from end of wings 

 and reaching end of body (to the cremaster). Length, 14 mm. 



Habits. — E2:2: laid anywhere on leaf or stalk ; the larva on emerging immediatelv 

 makes a cell by turning over a triangular piece from the edge of the leaf on to the 

 upperside, choosing a small young leaf, and rests in the cell with the liead turned round 

 on the side. In the last two stages the larva makes a cell out of two or three leaves, 

 which it binds together strongly with silk, often incurporating a dead leaf, and covers 

 the inside of the cell laxly with silk ; it pupates in the cell. Larva feeds on Blepharit^ 

 ciftperrima. The imago is similar in habits to C. dan, Fabr. We have found many in 

 Karwar during the monsoon mouths, settling on the ground and on leaves in shady 

 places. We have bred many, but only below the ghats and in the monsoon. 

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