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p. 128 (1891). Watson, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1891, p. 58. Fergusson, id. p. 448. 



Betham, id. 189.3, p. 428. Wat.son, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 113. Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 



1893, p. 327. Leech, Butt, of China, etc. ii. p. 627, pi. 38, fig. 3, ^ (1893). de Nice'ville, 



Gazetteer of Sikkim, Butt. p. 185(1894). Watson, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. ix. 1895, p. 435 ; 



id. idem, x. 1896, p. 680. Davidson, Bell and Aitken, id. xi. 1897, p. 62, pi. 8, fig. 7 (larva and 



pupa), de Rhe-Philipe, id. xi. 1898, p. 599. Hannyngton, id. xx. 1910, p. 372. Evans, id. 



p. 389. Fruhstorfer, Iris, 1911, p. 21, fig. 1 (genitalia). 

 TJdaspes restricta, Manders, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 538. 

 Notocrypta feisthamcliJ , Elwes and Edwards (part), Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 239. 



Imago. — Male and female very similar to N. feisthamelii ; the post-medial white 

 band on the forewing is somewhat more irregular in shape, the middle spot being a 

 little more outward, all the white dots arc larger and more prominent ; the dot in 

 interspace 3 represented by a short transverse white streak ; on the underside the post- 

 medial white band stops abruptly on the sub-costal vein, and there is a white short 

 streak against the eyes on each side of the face ; the genitalia also is not identical with 

 that of feisthamelii, the genitalia of nearly all the species of this genus are more or less 

 similar, but have perfectly good specific distinctions which only become apparent on 

 examination of enlarged photographs of them. 



Expanse of wings, <? $ If'g- to 2 inches. 



Larva as in feisthamelii, but with a black head, broadly whitish-yellow in the 

 centre of each lobe. Length 37 • 5 mm. 



Pupa also like that of feisthamelii ; proboscis produced well beyond the end of the 

 cremaster ; same length as feisthamelii. 



Habits. — Pupa formed on the underside of a leaf. In the monsoon round Karwar 

 this skipper is very plentiful in damp shady places, like evergreen forests and lieds of 

 nullahs ; it has a weakish flight, and is fond of basking low down among leaves, etc. 

 We have reared many in the monsoon at Karwar, and a few above the ghats in the 

 dry weather ; if is found throughout the district, though not common in the dry 

 months. (Davidson, Bell and Aitken.) 



Habitat. — India, Ceylon, Burma. 



Distribution. — The types are from Ceylon, recorded by Elwes from Sikkim, by 

 Manders from the Shan States, by Hannyngton from Kumaon, by Evans from the 

 Palni Hills, by Fergusson from Travancore, by Watson from the Chin Hills, by de 

 Ehe-Philipe from Masuri ; we have both sexes from several Indian localities and many 

 examples from the Khasia Hills ; Elwes and Edwards in their revision of the Hesperiida? 

 sink it to feisthamelii, on account of the similarity of the genitalia, but Davidson, Bell 

 and Aitken's life history is sufficient proof of the distinctness of the species. 



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