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



Family HESPERIID^. 

 110. Tagiades atticds, Fabricius. 



Hesperia atticus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst., vol. iii, pt. 1, p. 339, n. 288 (1793) ; 

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



In Southern India the larva of this butterfly feeds on Dioscoreat 

 Natural Order Dioscoreacese, and Stnilax, Natural Order Liliacese. 



111. Odontoptilum angulata, Felder. 



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

 n. 149 (1862) ; Achlyodes Sura, Moore, Proo. Zool. Soo. 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 Cohbe, Blunae, Natural 

 Order Sajpindacese. 



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 elwesii, Watson, Jouru. 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. ASTTCTOPTERUS OLIVASCENS, Moore. 



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

 Isic!^ olivascens. Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 476, n. 124; Cyclopides 

 chinensis, Leecb, The Entomologist, vol. xxiii, p. 48 (1890) ; Steropes nuhilus, 

 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 GREMius, Fabricius. 



Hesperia gremius, Fabricius, Ent. Syst., a Suppl., 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, 

 PhoeniXf Calamus, and Cocos, Natural Order Palmeas. 



116. Iambrix stellifer, Butler. 

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



