82 ' LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



marginal and marginal row of spots on both wings as above, but more prominent and 

 whiter ; some white dots at base. Foreivintj with a small violet- white spot on the 

 costa above end of the cell, and sometimes two slender spots between the second 

 and third subcostal branches, a spot within lower end of the cell, two or three on 

 the disc, the third or upper, when present, very slender ; a slender elongated brown- 

 and-white streak between the lower median and submedian vein, clothed with 

 narrow round-tipt scales, and a few intervening slender pointed scales ; the posterior 

 mai'gin broadly glossy brownish-cinereous. Hindwing with a small violet-white spot 

 within end of the cell, and a curved series of five or six discal spots. 



Female. Slightly paler, and of a slightly olivescent-brown tint ; submarginal and 

 marginal row of spots on both wings as in male. Forewing with the posterior margin 

 straight ; sometimes with a white costal dot above end of the cell, and one, occasion- 

 ally two, on the disc. Underside also paler ; marked as in male, except that on the 

 forewing, the elongated streak between the median and submedian veinlet is entirely 

 white ; and on the hindwing there are sometimes two or three white dots between 

 the costal and subcostal vein. Body dark brown ; thorax in front and beneath, 

 bead, and palpi black, white spotted ; legs black, femora beneath white streaked ; 

 abdomen beneath with white segmental bands and lateral spots. 



Expanse, 2\ to 3|- incbes. 



Young Larva, — " When hatched the filamentous appendages are almost invisible. 

 After first moult i inch long ; ground colour reddish-brown ; dorsal line faint ; 

 lateral line waved, narrow, and yellow; sides brick-red ; on each segment are four 

 or five transverse bands of yellowish ; abdomen pinkish; prolegs black, with a reddish 

 ring around each near the base ; head black, bordered by white, with a triangular 

 white mark on the centre ; stigmata black; on the 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 12th segments, 

 on either side of dorsal hne is a short black appendage of a jet-black colour, the 

 longest being on the 3rd segment ; those on the 6th are united on the back by a broad 

 black transverse band." 



Adult Laeva. — " One and a quarter inch long ; body cylindrical ; gTound colour 

 and general description as after the first moult, with one exception, the appendages 

 are long and movable ' ad libitum ' by the larva." 



Cheysalis. — " Changed August 14th ; pendulous ; yellow, short and thick, 

 swollen much at the base, marked with olive and spotted here and there with black ; 

 half an inch long. On the second day, the yellow turned to a golden and silver hue 

 intermixed, quite metallic; a few days after it was shaded with emerald green and 

 purple, both of the finest metallic hue towards the head. Before emerging it turned 

 to a rich purple black, with a white fascia on either side. Imago emerged August 

 21st" {GJianmeffe, Lucknow; MS. Notes, 1860). 



Habitat. — India generally (south of the Himalayas), 



