IGO LFPTDOPTEEA INBICA. 



black head. After first moult. — Oiie-fourtli incli long ; grass green ; dorsal line very 

 distinct, dark green ; lateral line very broad, plum colour and mottled, denfcated into 

 the ground-colour on the last two segments on its upperside ; a small white spot on 

 either side of dorsal line on each segment ; a yellow spot on each segment on the 

 lateral line on either side ; abdomen glossy green ; ventral line distinct, rather 

 interrupted, grass green ; all the legs green, hairy ; head shiny-black, with a green 

 triangular mark in front, covered with stiff whitish hairs ; stigmata dark coloured ; 

 sides greyish-green, slightly wrinkled transversely ; the portion of ground-colour 

 between lateral and dorsal line slightly powdered with yellow ; hair whitish-grey ; 

 anal segment black and hairy ; first segment rather swollen in front. After last 

 moult,- — Length one and a quarter inch long ; cylindrical, broader towards the head, 

 slightly tomeutose on back, hairy on the sides ; otherwise as after first moult. 

 Habits not lively. Food Plant.— Feeds on the Pea-leaved Caper {Gapparis injcifoUa). 

 Changed to chrysfilis April 1st, 1861." 



PurA. — " Succincta ; five-eighths inch long, transparent pale cream colour. 

 In front a longish tubercle directed forwards, with a black mark on each side, and a 

 smaller one on either side of fourth segment, perfectly black ; a lateral line of pale 

 plum colour, on which is a longitudinal row of yellow round dots, one on each 

 segment, and a transverse row of dots on each segment ; dashed and marked with 

 black, particularly on the abdomen. After the escape of the imago, the fifth and 

 sixth segment of the pupa becomes blood red." 



Imago.— " Emerged on April 7th, 1861." 



Habits of Imago. — " Fond of woods, where it flies about pretty dodgingly, then 

 settles for a moment, and off again. Common at Lucknow from January onwards " 

 (Capt. H. L. Chaumette MS. Notes). 



According to the observations of Messrs. Davidson and Aitken (Journ. Bombay 

 N. H. Soc. 1896, 575) " the larvte are gregarious throughout their existence, the 

 esfp's beinsf laid in batches of from 10 to 40." 



DrsTRiBUTioN (Within our Area). — Col. C. Swinhoe records "a pair taken at 

 Much in the Bolan Pass, Beluchistan, in October, 1879 " (Ann. N. H. 1880, 223), 

 and found it " occurring very commonly in Quetta, N. Beluchistan, from February to 

 May, and in November and December " (P. Z. S. 1881, 611). Col. Swinhoe also 

 took it at " Chamau in March ; in Quetta, March to May, and in September ; Ispingil 

 in June ; Karain in June ; Kandahar in April, June, October, and November. Very 

 common " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1885, 136). Capt. H. B. Hellard obtained it at " Rawul 

 Pindi, Allahabad, Simla, and Kasauli" (MS. Notes). The type specimen of fn«ri(/(??ia, 

 Butler, a female, was taken by Col. J. W. Yerbury at " Campbellpur at the end of 

 May " (P. Z. S. 1886, 375). The male of the pale form {Lordaca) was also taken at 

 Campbellpur on June 11th, and females at Chittar Pahar, 2,000 to 3,000 feet elevation. 



