262 L. de Niceville — Butterflies of the Kanara District. [No. 2, 



stout, oblong, slightly curved and black. The last segment before the 

 cremaster is roundly indented in the middle of the front margin, and 

 the indentation is lined with black. The colour through the white 

 powder is green on the thorax and pink on the abdomen. The only black 

 markings are the spiracles, the markings above mentioned on the last 

 segments, and a dorsal black line from the front margin of the thorax 

 a third of the whole length of the thorax towards the hinder margin. 

 Length 23 mm., breadth at shoulders (which are slightly angulated and 

 the broadest part of the pupa) 63 mm., the height of the thorax 

 (which is the highest part of the pupa) 0*3 mm. 



Habits. The habits of the larva are exactly those of H. alexis. 

 The cell is composed of a few tender, soft leaves joiued together loosely 

 by an irregular web, which web is also generally spun over the mouth of 

 the cell or shelter ; the pupa is formed in the cell. The larvae are much 

 eaten by spiders, aud are greatly attacked by parasitic Diptera and 

 Hymenoptera. The eggs are laid on the young white leaves (the leaves 

 of the food- plant are sometimes rose or rose-brown in colour) in a shady 

 place, very often high up amongst the foliage of the trees amongst 

 which the creeper climbs, often to a great height. The larva has always 

 been found at an elevation of 900 to 1000 feet above sea level. 



J 93. Hasora chabrona, Plotz. 



Millettia racemosa, Benth. (Leguminosse) . 



Egg. The egg is very small for so large a hesperid, and is red or 

 pink when first laid. 



Larva. Head rather square, broader than high, thick through, 

 not very large for the body, rather flat on the face ; the top quarter of 

 the head red-brown in colour, the rest black, the jaws yellow and black. 

 Segment 2 smaller than the head, shiny, smooth, swollen-looking, white 

 in colour, with a dorsal and a lateral black band, and a marginal brown 

 spot laterally. Body cylindrical, increasing rapidly in width from the 

 collar to segment 4, then gradually to the middle which is the broadest 

 part ; the anal segment rather narrow, overhanging the legs, sloping, 

 with the extremity rounded, and dorsally black and shiny. The surface 

 of the body covered throughout with long, very fine, white hairs, each 

 segment with four transverse fine yellowish lines. Colour of larva 

 dirty bluish-green, with four subdorsal, broad, yellow lines, two on each 

 side, besides a marginal and submarginal yellow line ; the dirty ground- 

 colour is spotted finely with yellow. Length 33 mm. 



Pupa. Very like that of Hasora (Parata) alexis, Fabricius, but 

 light pink on the abdomen, dirty green-white on the wings, thorax and 

 head. The point on the head between the eyes is short and sharply 



