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LKPIDOPTERA. 
like Noctuids while the larva has five pairs of suckerfeet and is not clothed 
with hair. No species will be found in the plains. 
EUPTEKOTIDJE. 
Frenulum present, proboscis absent. Forewing with vein 5 nearer 6 
than 4. Hindwing with vein 8 remote from vein 7, vein 1 c. absent. 
Larva uniformly hairy, pupa in cocoon of silk and hair. 
This is a family of large moths with hairy palpi, the antennae pecti¬ 
nated in both sexes, the mid-tibia with one pair, the hind tibiae with two 
Fig. 319— Eupterote minor, male. Fig. 320 —Eupterote minor, female. 
pairs of spurs. They are dull coloured moths, principally found in hill 
forest areas, of which 42 species are recorded as “ Indian.” 
The larvae are found, in great numbers occasionally, feeding upon 
forest trees. They are uniformly hairy, with five pairs of suckerfeet 
The larvae are gregarious, feeding together on the plant. The hairs are 
poisonous and are readily detached either when the larva is irritated or 
touched, and these hairs become firmly fixed in the skin giving rise to 
great irritation. The pupa is in a cocoon of silk and hair. Hibernation 
in the cocoon takes place from the end of the rains to the following 
rains. 
Eupterote is the abundant genus, with several species common in 
the moister and more densely forested parts of India. E. undata, Blanch., 
occurs throughout North India and as far south as the Nilgiris ; it varies 
much in colouring from pale brown or yellow suffused with brown to deep 
red-brown ; each wing has a varying number of waved lines ; E. fabia , 
Cram., is not regarded by Hampson as a distinct species ; the male has 
the forewing bright yellow. In both, the expanse ranges from three to 
