414 CATALOGUE OF 



original drawings of A. Grrote, Esq. ; and figs. 3a, Be, 3d from those of 

 Capt. Mortimer Slater. 



Mr. Grrote' s larvae were " found on Eugenia and Mangifera, and 

 went into the pupa state in October, 1855, the imago emerging in 

 June, 1856." 



Capt. Slater informs us, in his MS., " Larva found at Dinapore, 

 October 2, 1848. Feeds on the Pipul (Ficus religiosa) and almond- 

 tree. The mask which conceals the head (vide plate, figs. 3c, 3d) 

 when at rest is curious. It is prehensile, and clasps the edge of the 

 leaf while the head underneath is eating its way along. " Instead of 

 pro-legs, it has eight pairs of soft, flexible protuberances, which by a 

 peristaltic kind of motion are made to serve as pro-legs, and by means 

 of them the animal clings particularly strong against the surface 

 even of glass." 



Dr. Templeton (in a letter written to Sir James E. Tennant, 

 November 19, 1857) says that " the caterpillar (of P. lepida) stings 

 with such horrible pain, that I sat in the room almost sick with it, 

 and unable to keep the tears from running down my cheeks for more 

 than two hours, applying ammonia all the time. The caterpillar feeds 

 on the Jasmine-flowering Carissa, in gardens." 



940. PARASA MEDIA, Walker Sp. 



Nesera media, Walker, List Lep. Set. Brit. Mus. 

 pt.y.p. 1140 (1855). 



a.b.c.d.e.f. $ $, and pupa. Java. From Dr. Hors- 

 field's Collection. 



The larva, pupa, and cocoon of Parasa media are figured on Plate 

 XXI., figs. 4, 4«, from Java. " Feeds on the Juet Jambu (Eu- 

 genia sp. ). February, March, April. Common." — (Hors- 



field, MS;) 



941. PARASA BARM A, Moore (Plate ¥Ia,fig. 7). 



Parasa Darona, n. sp. — Dark ferruginous-brown ; fore-wing with a 

 large, broad, curved, longitudinal grass-green patch, which is narrowly 

 bordered with white ; space along the exterior margin with a silvery 

 tinge ; a marginal line narrow, black : hind-wing pale yellow at the 

 base, with a broad marginal brown band ; head and thorax with a 

 green lateral spot ; abdomen pale brown. Expanse 1\ in. 



a. ? . Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 



