194 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 
olivescent-brown strigw, and crossed with less-defined fascie and markings, and 
ocelli, as in male. 
Expanse, 3 3 to 3,4, 2 3,4 to 4 inches. 
Aputr Caterrmtar.—Length 2} inches; cylindrical; with two short anal 
processes ; thickly covered with fine pale ochreous hairs; the third and fourth 
segment with a transverse dorsal dense row of longer purple-brown hairs, a sub- 
dorsal slight tuft of longer purple-brown hairs arising from anterior edge of the 
segments ; body dark purple-brown, speckled with grey; a broad dorsal paler 
yellower-edged band from fifth to anal seement, the anterior junction of the segments 
marked by a subdorsal prominent short black and yellow streak ; head large, dark 
purplish-brown, with grey marks. 
CurysaLis.—Suspended by the tail ; boat-shaped; smooth ; ventral line nearly 
straight, dorsal line arched ; thorax also arched ; head-piece prolonged into an acute 
apex ; colour pale yellowish-ochreous, with a white bloom. 
Hasrrat.—N.-H. India; Burma; Tenasserim ; Malay Peninsula. 
Foop prant and Hanirs of tarvA.—The late Mr. Arthur Grote found the larva 
on Bamboo, in the Calcutta district. Mr. W.S. Atkinson also found the larva in 
the Calcutta district, “on Bamboo, living between rolled up leaves, on April 23rd, 
1856, the larva changing to pupa on the 26th” (MS. Notes). Dr. Manders (Trans. 
Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890, 519) found the larva in the Shan States, “on Bamboo, living 
during the day among three or four leaves spun together,” and describes the larva 
and pupa as follows: ‘‘ Full fed larva two inches long; colour black, mottled with 
grey ; a rather broad yellowish dorsal line; the junction of the segments marked by 
a thin irregular yellow line and red spot ; body covered with white hairs; head and 
anus black, the former marked with perpendicular yellow lines. Pupa white, sus- 
pended by the tail; the labial palpi prominently projected ; changing to dark brown 
a few hours before emergence. The perfect insect remains three weeks in pupa.” 
Distripution.—“* Commoner than D. Continentalis, and has been taken in more 
localities, but the geographical range is the same within Indian limits, except that 
D. indica is known to occur in the Plains of Bengal as far South as Calcutta. It is 
common in Sikkim, and in Tenasserim, from September to April. In the neighbour- 
hood of Calcutta, Mr. de Nicéville has taken it throughout the year. They rest 
under the shade of large trees among the dead leaves on the ground, taking short 
flights when disturbed, and arg easily captured. They not unfrequently enter houses. 
There are specimens in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, from Sibsagar, Upper Assam, 
and Silhet ”’ (Butt. Ind. i. 298). Mr. H. J. Elwes (Trans. Hnt. Soc. 1388, 331) 
records it as “common in Sikkim up to about 2000 feet, perhaps extending a little 
higher, and occurring throughout the year.’ Mr. W. 8. Atkinson obtained it at 
“ Darjeling, Cherra Punji, and Plains of Bengal” (MS. Notes). Colonel C. Swinhoe 
