500 NEMEOBIDiE. 



Larva. " Adult : length -75 of an inch. Ovate, extremely 

 flattened, inconspicuous. Colour pale green, head and anal 

 segment slightly lighter ; all the segments laterally rounded, 

 covered with a whitish down, especially at the sides ; an indistinct 

 double longitudinal dorsal darker-green line throughout, enclosing 

 a minute orange spot on seventh and eleventh segments; middle 

 segments more than twice as broad as they are long ; legs pale 

 green, set well beneath the animal and rather close together. 

 Full-grown at the end of March. Feeds on Moesa montana. 

 Larva when about to change into the pupal state attaches itself 

 to a patch of silky web, by the last segment, to the underside of 

 a leaf of the food-plant, with the head towards the apex, and is 

 girt about the middle with another web." (Dudgeon.) 



Fupa. " Length *55 to *70 of an inch. Fusiform, broadest in 

 the middle .... anterior end truncate-rounded, distinctly broader 

 than the posterior ; the whole pupa flattened and of very slight 

 depth even in the thickest part ; the divisions between the 

 segments well-marked ; posterior segment bluntly rounded ; head 

 also rounded and divided in the middle at the apex into two lobes 



by a shallow notch . . colour bright yellowish green 



throughout, marked above with rich emerald-green narrow lines 

 arranged in an arabesque-like pattern on the two outer-thirds ; a 

 series of round spots along the middle of the back on the abdomen 

 only, and a subdorsal line on either side interrupted at the 

 segmental constrictions. Under surface pale yellowish green 

 throughout, entirely unmarked ..... The whole surface of the 

 pupa smooth, without any hairs or shagreening whatever." — 

 (Dudoeon.) 



Genus STIBOGES. 



Stiboges, Butler, P. Z. 8. 1876, p. 308 ; de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, 

 p. 315 ; Moore, Lep. Ind. x, 1901-1903, p. 100. 



Type, 8. nymphidia, Butler, from Penang. 



Eange. In do-Malayan Region. 



<S 2 • Fore wing broadly triangular ; costa very slightly arched, 

 nearly straight ; apex more or less acute, slightly rounded ; termen 

 convex, strongly convex in the $ ; tornus rounded ; dorsum 

 straight ; cell slenderly closed, about half length of wing ; upper 

 discocellular obsolete, middle and lower concave; vein 3 from 

 before lower apex of cell, 4 from apex ; 10 and 11 free ; 12 

 closely approximate to subcostal, turning abruptly outwards and 

 terminating opposite upper apex of cell. Hind wdng oval, costa 

 obliquely convex ; apex and tornus rounded, termen strongly 

 arched ; dorsum nearly straight ; cell half length of wing, slenderly 

 closed ; vein 3 from before lower apex of cell, 4 from apex, 3 and 

 7 stalked, 8 short. Antennas slightly longer than half length of 

 fore wing, articulations prominent ; club long, flattened, gradual ; 

 palpi very short, porrect, third joint minute ; eyes naked. 



A single form is recorded from within our limits. 



