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LEPID 0 PTE BA INPICA 
black head. After first moult. —One-fourth inch long ; grass green ; dorsal line very 
distinct, dark green ; lateral line very broad, plum colour and mottled, dentated into 
the ground-colour on the last two segments on its upperside; a small white spot on 
either side of dorsal line on each, segment; a yellow spot on each segment on the 
lateral line on either side; abdomen glossy green; ventral line distinct, rather 
interrupted, grass green; all the legs green, hairy ; head shiny-black, with a green 
triangular mark in front, covered with stiff whitish hairs ; stigmata dark coloured; 
sides greyish-green, slightly wrinkled transversely; the portion of ground-colour 
between lateral and dorsal line slightly powdered with yellow; hair whitish-grey ; 
anal segment black and hairy; first segment rather swollen in front. After last 
moult. —Length one and a quarter inch long ; cylindrical, broader towards the head, 
slightly tomentose on back, hairy on the sides ; otherwise as after first moult. 
Habits not lively. Food Plant. —Feeds on the Pea-leaved Caper (Camparis pycifolia ). 
Changed to chrysalis April 1st, 1861.” 
Pupa .—“ Succincta ; five-eighths inch long, transparent pale cream colour. 
In front a longisli tubercle directed forwards, with a black mark on each side, and a 
smaller one on either side of fourth segment, perfectly black; a lateral line of pale 
plum colour, on which is a longitudinal row of yellow round dots, one on each 
segment, and a transverse row of dots on each segment ; dashed and marked with 
black, particularly on the abdomen. After the escape of the imago, the fifth and 
sixth segment of the pupa becomes blood red.” 
Imago. —“ Emerged on April 7th, 1861.” 
Habits of Imago. —“ Fond of woods, where it flies about pretty dodgingly, then 
settles for a moment, and off again. Common at Lucknow from January onwards ” 
(Capt. H. L. Chaumette MS. Notes). 
According to the observations of Messrs. Davidson and Aitken (Journ. Bombay 
N. H. Soc. 1896, 575) “the larvas are gregarious throughout their existence, the 
eggs being laid in batches of from 10 to 40.” 
Distribution (Within our Area).—Col. C. Swinhoe records “a pair taken at 
Much in the Bolan Pass, Beluchistan, in October, 1879 ” (Ann. N. H. 1880, 223), 
and found it “ occurring very commonly in Quetta, N. Beluchistan, from February to 
May, and in November and December ” (P. Z. S. 1881, 611). Col. Swinhoe also 
took it at “ Chaman in March ; in Quetta, March to May, and in September ; Ispingil 
in June; Karain in June; Kandahar in April, June, October, and November. Very 
common ” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1885, 136). Capt. H, B. Hellard obtained it at “ Rawul 
Pindi, Allahabad, Simla, and Kasauli” (MS. Notes). The type specimen of aurigena, 
Butler, a female, was taken by Col. J. W. Yerbury at “ Campbellpur at the end of 
May ” (P. Z. S. 1886, 375). The male of the pale form ( Lordaca ) was also taken at 
Campbellpur on June 11th, and females at Chittar Pahar, 2,000 to 3,000 feet elevation, 
