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is only one specimen of tkis in the Society's collection, a male which I 

 caught at Khandalla. 



25. Charades afhamas. — 'This is common em ugh on <fjie ghats, 

 chiefly, I think, from December to March. It is very similar in its habits 

 to the last, and almost as difficult to capture. They have a penchant for 

 certain places, and there seems to be one permanently resident at the 

 reversing station on the Thull Gh&t. In the Society's collection there 

 are one or two old specimens of' large sifce, with the apical spot which is 

 wanting in the smaller form, 



26. Char axes fabms.- — This is not so common as the last, and I know 

 little about it. It occurs in Bombay sparingly. There are four specimens in 

 the collection from Khandesh and the Tanna district. 



27. Cyrestis thyodamas. — This was very common at Mahableshwar 

 last cold season, from December till March at least. Whether it is usually 

 so I cannot say. I never before met with it, nor heard of its occurrence in 

 the Presidency. I collected a good many specimens, which are decidedly 

 smaller and, I think, better marked than specimens from the Himalayas. 

 It is a sprightly creature, skimming along with the flight of a Keptis or an 

 Athyma, settling on the upperside of a leaf, with its wings rigidly expanded, 

 then adroitly transferring itself to the underside of the same leaf. It sees 

 remarkably well, but does not settle very high, and is easily caught. 

 1 do not think it ever closes its wings, even when it settles on the 

 ground. 



28. Ergolis ariadne.- — I am not sure 1 have caught this in Bombay, but 

 it is everywhere on the hills during the cold season. It flies low. Mr. 

 Davidson sent me a number of the larvae from Dhulia in Khandesh in the 

 month of October, together with those of the next, from which they were 

 almost indistinguishable. The pupa; were quite indistinguishable, at 

 least to my discernment. They fed on Tragia camiabina. 



29. Byl)lia ilithyia. — The specimens in the Society's collection are 

 from Cutch and Dhulia, but I have met with it in Poona. It flies low. 



30. Neplls varmoncu — This species is common enough in Bombay and 

 Poona after the monsoon, and still more so on the hills as late as March. 

 It frequents gardens and hedges, and has a characteristic flight, steady and 

 straight, with jerky strokes of its wings, between which they remain 

 stiffly expanded. 



31. Neptis ophiana. — I met with a few specimens of this at Maha- 

 bleshwar last March. It was new to me, but on the wing is so like 

 Athyma periits that it may have easily escaped my notice before, 



32. Athyma perms. — This is common at Khandalla, Lanowlic and 

 Matheran, but I did not find it last March at Mahableshwar, which is 

 2,000 feet higher. It does not occur on the plains, I found the larva 



