JG8 
FABIUS HIPP0NA. 
the anterior border, and a few white linear marks 
running transversely along the hinder margin be- 
tween the tail and anal angle. Beneath, the surface 
is rust-brown, with pale clouds and transverse bands 
on the upper wings, and violet reflections on the 
under pair. Body ferruginous above and brown 
beneath. 
The caterpillar is accurately figured by Stoll, in 
his valuable Supplement to Cramer's work. It is of 
a dull green, with a brown or nearly black ray on 
the back, and spots and short stripes of the same 
colour on the sides. The head is black, with green 
rays ; on the upper part are two, and on each side 
of the anterior part of the first segment, three small 
rounded yellow spots. It feeds on the leaves of a 
species of Piperis, but only during the night, con- 
cealing itself in the day by rolling a portion of the 
leaf round its body, in order to protect it from the 
sun. The chrysalis is greyish, tinged with flesh- 
colour, and marked with small brown spots. 
The insect occurs in Guiana, Brazil, See. 
