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LEPIDOPTKRA. 
omnivorous habits; they are the common “ hairy caterpillars ” 
which are well-known pests in the plains, especially during the early 
weeks of the rains. The larvae are very extensively parasitised by para¬ 
sitic Hymenoptera and Tachinidae ; there is some reason for believing 
that they are less attacked by birds than the Noctuidae, for instance, 
possibly on account of their hairy covering. 
Hampson in the Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae, after separating 
the Nycteolince and placing them in the Noctuidce, sub-divides the family 
as follows : Nolince without ocelli, with tufts of raised scales in the cell; 
Lithosiince without ocelli, without tufts ; Arctiince with ocelli, without 
tufts. If the later classification be followed, the nomenclature and 
arrangement of the family as given in the Fauna of India is of no value 
to the student. The later arrangement is adopted here as it is only a 
question of time before a revision of the very useful Fauna of India 
volume will be published. 
Nolince. —Small moths, with tufts of raised scales in the forewing. 
Most are hill species, the moths found on trees, the larvae generally feeding 
Fig. 301 —Rceselia*fola : larvje x \\ (I. M. N.). 
upon lichens and having the first pair of prolegs absent. Celama inter- 
nella, Wlk. (Nola pascua, Swinh.), occurs in widely scattered localities in 
India, the larva feeding on the shoots of the plants of the genus Ruhus; 
the cocoon is boat-shaped, of silk and pieces of plant, exposed. The moth 
is white, the forewing marked and suffused with brown, the hindwing 
