18 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



and a few narrower or very slender scimitar-shaped scales with, apparently, a short 

 apical single ciha. Eiinhriiif/ crossed by three cnrved sinuous black-edged deep 

 rich purplisli-castaneous liands, and a snbmarginal slender sinuous black line. The 

 outer band on both wings is the broadest, and encloses an outwardly traversing 

 series of difl'used black luuules. Bod// rufous ; palpi and legs greyish-black ; 

 antennae black. 



Female. Upperside somewhat paler and duller coloured ; all the transverse 

 markings as in male, l)ut more regularly defined, those on the hindwing being 

 continued to the costa. Underside as in male, except that the lower discal black 

 patch on forewing is not present. 



Expanse, c? If^o to 2f5, ? 1 ^-y to 2i^o inches. 



Larva. — " Cylindrical; slender; segments with two dorsal rows of sharp spines 

 with thi-ee or four fine branch spines springing from a point in the middle of each ; 

 two rows of similar but shorter spines on each side; head with one pair of long, 

 strong, and straight spines, irregularly set with small spines which cluster at the 

 end. Colour dark brown with an interrupted, broad, dorsal stripe of pure white 

 bars, not extending to either end." 



Pupa. — " Rigidly attached by the tail, so that if the surface is vertical, the 

 pupa stands out horizontally. Slender. Wing-cases somewhat dilated ; a dorsal 

 protuberance, and two small cephalic jjoints. Colour variable " (Davidson and 

 Aitken I.e.). 



HABri'AT. — India ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; Malay Peninsula ; Sumatra ; 

 Java ; Borneo ; Hongkong ; Tonkin ; Hainan ; Formosa. 



No'J'E. — The South Indian specimens are generally^ smaller than those from 

 North India and Burma, and those from Ceylon are of a uniformly still smaller size. 

 There is no other difference except in size. 



DiSTRiBUTiox, Habits, etc. — "This is as common a species as E. Merione. I 

 have taken it at all seasons in Calcutta, and rarely in Sikkim. There are specimens 

 in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, from Orissa, Sibsagar, Siihet, Cachar, Bombay. 

 Col. Swinhoe has taken it as far west as Deesa in Rajputana ; the Wynaad, Calicut, 

 South India, Ceylon, Upper Tenasserim, Mergui Archipelago, and Java. Mrs. 

 Wylly reared the larva at Khorda, Orissa, on the Bichitee, Trcujla involucratu, a 

 twining plant with hairy and stinging leaves ; the larva above being black, with a 

 narrow dorsal stripe starting near the head and ending before reaching the tail, 

 composed of transverse stripes and dots of yellow; beneath and legs purplish-red. 

 Body covered with six even rows of three-branched spines ; the head black, with two 

 long many-branched spines. It moves its head from side to side when walking. 

 Pupa attached to the food-plant by its tail, and stands out from it nearly 

 hoiizontally, the bod\' of the pupa slightly curved downwards; perfect insect 



