32 L. de Niceville — Butterflies of Hongkong in Southern China. [No. 1, 



Family HESPERIID^E. 

 110. Tagiades attic ds, Fabricius. 



Eesperia atticus, Fabricms, Enfc. Syst., vol. iii, pt. 1, p. 339, n. 288 (1793) ; 

 Tagiades attictis, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 475, n. 119. 



In Southern India the larva of this butterfly feeds on Dioscorea, 

 Natural Order Dioscoreacese, and Smilax, Natural Order Liliacese. 



113. Odontoptilum angulata, Felder. 



Pherygosptdea angulata, Felder, Yerh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, vol. xii, p. 488, 

 n. 149 (1862) ; Achlyodes Sura, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 786 ; Anti- 

 gonus sura, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 475, n. 120. 



The larva in South India feeds on Allophylus Cobbe, Blunse, Natural 

 Order Sapindaceas. 



112. Caprona alida, de Niceville. 



Caprona alida, de Niceville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. vi, p. 394, n. 37, 

 pi. G, fig. 40, male (1891). 



The transformations of this butterfly are unknown. 



113. Caprona elwesii, "Watson. 



Caprona ehcesii, Watson, Jonrn. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. x, p. 674 (1897); 

 Caprona syrichthus, var., Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1892, p. 656, pi. xliii, fig. 2. 



The transformations of this butterfly are unknown. 



114. Astictopterus olivascens, Moore. 



Astictopterus olivascens, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc Lond., 1878, p. 692 ; Asticopterus 

 [sz'c/] olivascens, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc Lond., 1895, p. 476, n. 124 ; Cyclopides 

 chinensis, Leech, The Entomologist, vol. xxiii, p. 48 (1890) ; Steropes nubilus, 

 Mabille, Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg., vol. xxxv, p. Ixiv (1891); Leech, Butt, from China 

 Japan and Corea, p. 630 (1893). 



This obscure skipper has never been bred. 



115. Suastus gremids, Fabricius. 



Hesperia gremius, Fabricius, Ent. Syst., a Snppl., vol. v, p. 433, n. 282-283 (1798); 

 Suastus gremius, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 474, n. 115. 



The larva in India feeds on the leaves of palms, Areca, Caryota, 

 Phoenix, Calamus, and Cocos, Natural Order Pahnese. 



116. Iambrix stellifer, Butler. 

 Astictopterus stellifer, Butler, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zoologv, second series 



