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walls, at the corners of each cell is a raised thick-topped excrescence or 

 knob of varying height ; the diameter of these cells decreases on the flat- 

 tened top from the circumference to the micropyle in the centre until, 

 immediately around it, there is no sign of them. The colour is light green 

 with the ridges and knobs white. 



Larva. — Woodlouse shaped and normal. The segments are well-marked ; 

 the lateral outline is oblong from segment 3 to segment 10, the dorsal line 

 is fairly convex, segment 2 low and flat with a large, central, 4-sided 

 depression at each lateral corner of which is a minute, black tubercle ; the 

 shape of segment 2 is semicircular ; the shape of the anal segments is 

 sloping dorsally, where it is also flattened, the extremity narrowing and 

 eventually curved or rounded ; segment 3 is suddenly somewhat higher 

 than segment 4 ; segments 3 — 10, both included, have 5 indentations 

 on the surface, one small, round and dorsal, the others — lateral, 

 longitudinal and one above the other — somewhat changeable with the 

 motions of the body ; there is no sign of gland or organs on segments 

 11, 12. The spiracles are situated in the bottom of the lowest longitudinal 

 depression, being very light brown in colour, small and round. The surface 

 is covered with very minute, appressed hairs, sometimes shining, some- 

 times a few brownish ones ; the dorsoventral margin with similar, erect 

 hairs, longest round the anal margin. The liead is hidden under segment 

 2 but has a long neck, the colour being shining yellow with a black-margin- 

 ed clypeus and black eye-patch — sometimes it is said to be altogether 

 black or ochraceous pale brown. The colour of the larva is either dull or 

 bright green or rose with a double, dorsal, yellowish line and a subspira- 

 cular, similar one ; it may be plain green with a darker dorsal and subspira- 

 cular line or it may be tinted with rose and even have diagonal, lateral 

 lines. L : 11 mm.; B : 4 mm. 



Pupa. — In shape exactly the same as that of Jamides hochus except that 

 the anal end is more broadly rounded ; the abdomen is broader than 

 the breadth at shoulders ; there is no constriction at segment 4 ; the 

 thorax is rounded and slightly compressed ; segment 2 is square in shape 

 seen from above, its front margin is gently curved, the head beneath it 

 high. The sjnracles of segment 2 are small, oval, yellow. The surface is 

 smooth, shining. The colour is dull or bright green, with a darker dorsal 

 line, a double row of subdorsal, black specks and, some-times, a lateral 

 double row also ; the colour may be greyish with more plentiful black 

 dusting and marking. L : 8 mm. ; B : 3'2 mm. 



Hahits. — The egg is laid on the buds (and stalks) of flowers into 

 which the little larva, ou emerging, immediately eats. It feeds upon 

 the carpels and generally avoids coming out into the open ; when 

 full-grown, however, it has to come out and then feeds upon the 

 young pods, resting on their outer surfaces. When flowers are 

 still on the tree, it prefers the enclosed, tender carpels and often 

 falls to the earth with the blossoms; the pupation then taking- 

 place in a crevice of the soil or on a clod of earth, &c. The pupa 

 is attached rather loosely bj^ the tail and a body-band as usual. 

 The butterfly is exceptionally strong on the wing and flies long- 

 distances at a stretch, is fond of the sunlight and may be found in 

 any open land (or, indeed elsewhere) seeking refreshment amongst 

 the low herbage in grasslands and scrub jungles in the dry season 

 in India. It often lights on the ground and is fond ot flowers ^nd 



