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margin of the discal ochreous band strongly lined with blackish-brown ; the hindwiug 

 with the abdominal area suffused with some brown scaling, the edges of the orange- 

 ochreous discal baud also strongly lined with blackish-brown, and the upper spots dark 

 and well pronounced. Antenn;^, palpi, head and body as in dara. 



Female like the male, but duller in colour. 



Expanse of wings, J $ -j% to 1 inch. 



Larva, cylindrical, the last segment rounded at the extremity and somewhat 

 depressed, the head triangular in shape as seen from in front, head dark brown or black 

 with a white marginal band not meeting on the vertex and ending at the jaws ; 

 segment 2 with a black dorsal collar, colour transparent-looking green, with a darkish, 

 not very conspicuous, dorsal line ; abdomen light green ; anal segment with short, 

 light, fine hairs round the margin. Length 25 mm. 



Pupa as in the group, stout, circular in transverse section, head slightly bowed, 

 broad, eyes prominent, the last segment is square at the extremity ; cremaster short, 

 strong, ending square, with two strong converging ridges on the dorsum which end 

 each in a sharp, turned up, short point behind ; spiracular expansion of segment 2 

 large, ear-like, oval, facing forwards, red-brown in colour, with a spongy-looking 

 surface ; proboscis produced free to hinder margin of segment 9 ; surface finely 

 rugose, with short hairs from segment 8 to end of dorsum ; some longish, stiff hairs on 

 front of the head and round the eyes ; colour light green, strongly suffused with red- 

 brown, especially on the top of segments 1 to .3. 



Habits. — The cell is made of a leaf folded into a cylindrical tube by joining the two 

 edges longitudinally, the larva eats the leaf above at the base, leaving the cell attached 

 by the midrib of the stalk ; often finally the cell falls to the ground, when the larva 

 pupates inside it. The larva feeds on bamboos, chiefly on Teinostachyum, the egg 

 being laid always on a leaf near the ground. The butterfly is fairly common through- 

 out the district ; it has been noticed everywhere and at all seasons. We have bred 

 many in the rains and in the cold weather. (Davidson, Bell and Aitken.) 



Habitat. — India, Burma, Andamans, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Malay Peninsula. 



Distribution. — A common species throughout India. We have it also from 

 Ceylon and the Andamans ; Elwes records it from the Naga Hills, Sikkim, and Perak, 

 Watson from the Chin Hills, Doherty from Kumaon, de Rhe-Philipe from Masuri, 

 Fergusson from Travancore, J. J. Walker from Hong Kong, Moore from Mergui. 



Note. — Doherty says,* " Differs from the preceding {dara) chiefly in the rich dark 

 tawny-ochreous colour of the underside, dara being greenish-yellow set with dark 

 scales. The markings are almost exactly alike. The prehensores are singularly 

 different ; seen from above, the uncus of dara is gradually acuminate ; that of 



♦ Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1886, p. 139. 

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