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949. PARAS A BANBUJRA, Moore {Plate XLa,fig. 9). 



Parasa Bandura, n. sp. — Male, pale buff, fore-wing having the 

 entire disc from near the base, brown ; the costal margin and cilise 

 pale buff. Expanse 1± in. 



a. <$ . Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 



950. PARASA LOESA, Moore {Plate Xla,fig. 12, ?). 

 Parasa Loesa, n. sp. — Male, pale buff-brown ; fore-wing with an 



oblique transverse narrow darker line, and a dark discal dot. Expanse 

 liin. 



a. b. c. £ ? , and pupa. Java. From Dr. Horsfield's 



Collection. 



The larva and cocoon of P. Loesa are figured on Plate XXI., 

 figs. 11, 11a, 116 ; figs. 11 and 115 from Java, where it " feeds on 

 the Delima (Punica granatum) . December. Not common. Scarce 

 in February." — (Horsfield, MS.) Figure 11a is copied from the 

 original drawing in the collection of A. Grote, Esq., and who found 

 the larvae on " Citrus, Cordia, and Phoenix.'''' 



The transformations are also figured among the drawings of Lady 

 Isabella Eose Gilbert. The larva was " found feeding on the Sal 

 tree (Shorea rolusta) on the 4th August ; on the 10th, it inclosed itself 

 within a cocoon, the moth coming out on the 15th September." 



951. PARASA LALEANA, Moore. 



Parasa Laleana, n. sp. — Eeddish-testaceous ; fore-wing with the 

 exterior margin yellowish, a broad transverse ferruginous zigzag- 

 margined band near the base ; a black dot in the middle of the disc, 

 one at the posterior angle, and a few at the apical angle; thorax 

 with a black dot on each side. Expanse l-§- in. 



a. N. India. Mr. Grote's Drawing. 



The larva of P. Laleana is figured on Plate XXL, fig. 12, copied 

 from the original drawing in the collection of A. Grote, Esq. " Feeds 

 on Ainona Bohitulla, Ixora longiflora, and Musscenda frondosa" — 

 (Grote, MS. Notes.) 



This curious and interesting larva, with its imago, is also figured 

 among the drawings made by Lady Isabella Eose Gilbert, and from ' 

 her ladyship's " Notes " we extract the following remarks :— " About 

 the middle of October, 1825, I found this caterpillar on a branch of 

 apple-tree ; the head, which was seldom perceptible, was small and 



