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ment 9 quite vertical, that on segment 10 slanting forwards. The surface 

 is shining, pitted minutely all over, laterally indented at the base of each 

 dorsal tooth ( or only at teeth of segments 8-10 ), covered besides with ap- 

 pressed hairs all over which are somewhat irregularly directed, white-colour- 

 less and very small ; also similar hairs on the dorsoventral margin but mixed 

 with a few, comparatively long, brown, erect hairs — the minute hairs on the 

 brown parts are brown. Spiracles of ordinary size, oval, light in colour, 

 narrowly bordered brown. Colour of the larva is green or rose according to 

 whether it is feeding on green or red young leaves ; generally with a lighter 

 colour dorsally on segments 3 — 6 ; segments 8, 9 are always brown ; the teeth 

 are tipped yellow ( if the colour is rose ) and brown ( if green ) ; there is a 

 greenish (if rose) or white (if green) subspiracular line. L: 19mm. 

 Fupa. (PI. II, tig. 25a). — It is also of the same iy^e as that of iZa<M7MZ« 

 amor : fixed by the tail only and standing free. Head bowed, hidden from 

 above by segment 2 ; segment 2 rounded as to the free margin, convex dor- 

 sally and transversely, sloping in the dorsal line at a considerable angle 

 towards thorax ; thorax large, stout, very convex-humped ; constriction be- 

 hind it dorsally slight, laterally nil ; abdomen swollen at common margin — 

 or about there — of segments G, 7, being highest part of the pupa ; and that 

 region is also the broadest part, broader somewhat than at shoulders ; the 

 dorsal slope from 6/7 tc the anal extremity is at an angle of about 45° to the 

 surface the pupa is fixed to, assuming that that surface is all in the same 

 plane; the anal segment hoof-shaped; ventral line more or less straight 

 though slightly curved concavely. Surface dull, finely rough, no clothing ; 

 the segments distinct. Spiracles of segment 2 raised, white in colour 

 and longly oval in shape : the rest small, longly oval, flush and brown. 

 Colour ol pupa : — head, thorax and wings brownish-grey, the colour of the 

 bark of young shoots ; eyes bright-green ; abdomen bright-green with a 

 long, dorsal oval space on segments 6-10 which is brownish- grey. L : lOmm. 



Hahits. — The eggs are laid, three or foiii* in fairl}^ rapid succes- 

 sion on the shoot or stalk of the j^oiing leaf ; the larva, emerging, 

 lives openlj^ on the underside of a leaf or on a leaf-bud or stalk. 

 Later on, when it gets big, it is easy to see as it always feeds on the 

 young leaves throughout its existence and is a conspicuous object, 

 feeding on the edges from below; also, there are almost invariably, 

 several together, i. e., on the same leaf, if large, or on separate 

 leaves of the same bunch. The pupa is formed on a stalk or twig 

 amongst the shoots, on a tree-trunk, the surface of a rock, &c. ; and 

 the head is iuvariablv directed upwards. The butterfly is very 

 plentiful in the North Kanara District of Bonibaj'-, in Belgaum and 

 along the Ghats also ; and is, besides, very easj^ to see, attracting 

 attention bj' its long feathery tails as it flies or sits. It ma}^ be 

 found flying about young shoots almost at an}^ time during the day 

 in the wet months in the opener places of the jungles where there 

 have been cuttings or hacking of branches ; it flutters a good deal 

 round these, often flying oflf a space to return again ; but will also 

 fly along pretty straight and strongly along the edges of these clear- 

 ings and frequently rises to the tops of the trees. It basks some- 

 times quite low down on a leaf wnth the wings half opened, at 

 others it chooses a higher j)erch ; it rests on the undersides of leaves, 

 on a twig, &c., with the wings closed completely held over the back 



