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HESPERIIDiE. 
the centre; the whole upper surface showing green and purple reflections in different lights. 
The orange and black marking on the underside of the hindwing appears much the same on the 
upperside. 
Fig. 16, PI. XIV is from a $ taken in June; Fig. 29 of the same plate is the underside 
of a $ taken in May. 
The larva, unlike the majority of Hesperid larvae, is very brightly coloured and strikingly 
marked with yellow, black and red. It is figured on PI. 4a, Fig. 17, pupa Fig. 18. The larva 
feeds on Hiptage Madablota , Gaetn., Nat. Ord. Mcilpighiacece , a woody climbing plant trailing 
over bushes and trees, and often of great length, found over most of tropical Asia. The larva 
draws up the sides of a leaf with a few stitches of silk, or fastens two leaves slightly together and 
lies concealed within them when not feeding. The pupa is attached to a leaf by the tip of 
the abdomen, with a girdle round the middle, and is hidden within two or three leaves drawn 
loosely together with a few strands of silk. The pupa is slightly powdered with a white substance. 
