ii6 Indian Museum Notes. [Vol. V. 



" Skippers," the larva rolls up a leaf, fastening the rolled-up portion 

 securely with silken threads, with an opening at either end and lives 

 chiefly inside this shelter, only coming out to eat. The pupa is also 

 made within a similar shelter, except that one end is closed, leaving 

 only the end open at which the butterfly will escape. The head of 

 the pupa is towards the open end. The pupa is quite active inside its 

 shelter, rattling itself violently when disturbed and thus making 

 a considerable noise. The larva when full-grown is an inch in 

 length ; head cordate, pale orange, slightly roughened but without 

 hairs ; body cylindrical, much wrinkled, of equal width through- 

 out, chalky white, hairless ; the second segment much smaller 

 than the head, bearing a fine black line on each side, not quite 

 meeting in the dorsal line of the insect ; each segment has 

 seven transverse lines or wrinkles, the distance between the first and 

 second wrinkles is about the same as between any other four wrink- 

 les ; the second to the seventh wrinkles are about equi-distant ; the 

 spiracles are jet black ; all the legs are white. The pupa is pale 

 greenish-white, without any markings whatever ; the head is square 

 in the front view with a slight prominence or knob in the centre line ; 

 the thorax is slightly humped, the abdominal segments cylindrical, 

 the anal segment ending abruptly in a sharp point. 



The butterfly has a wide range, being found in Ceylon, almost 

 throughout India, Burma, the Andaman Isles, the Malayan Peninsula, 

 Southern China, Sumatra, Nias, Java, Bali, Lambok, Bamba, the 

 Philippine Isles, and Hainan Island. All the genus are remarkable 

 for their crimson eyes. 



On Bambusa sp. Natural Order Graminece. The Bamboo. 

 On An&ropogon sorgliutn, Brot. Natural Order Graminece. 



The Jawari plant. 



i. Ochrophara montana, Distant. Sub-family Pentatominse. 

 Family Pentatomidas. Sub-order Heteroptera. Order Hemiptera. 

 Mr. A. E Lowrie, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Chanda, Central 

 Provinces, on 19th February, 1901, sent some bugs to the Museum 

 which he reported to be destroying the bamboo seed wholesale. He 

 further noted that " Owing to last year's drought an unprecedented 

 flowering of the bamboo has taken place in the Chanda district of 

 the Central Provinces, over 1,200 square miles having flowered. The 

 district has not recovered from the effects of last year's famine, and 

 great hopes were entertained that the bamboo seed would come in 

 most handy. Unfortunately the bug has appeared everywhere, and 

 every clump is simply swarming with them, and consequently the 



