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&fe Umipuks trlianus, Fabricius (7:58). This is a delicate and' 

 fragile butterfly, and in flight is more feeble than the two preceding. 

 [ts colour is a very pale blue, almost milk-white. The underside- 

 is pale brown with wavy white lines, and sometimes some of these 

 lines enclose a darker ground and form a figure resembling the 

 letter Y, this latter being the form which is found in the dry cold 

 season. It is fond of shady glades and woods. 



05. Catochrysops slrabo, Fahricius (743). This is a delicate 

 silvery-coloured insect, the blue of the wing being pale and with 

 a satin-like sheen. It is fond of sucking up moisture from the 



ground. 



66. Catochrysopt omjtts, Fabricius (745). This very much resembier, 

 the last, but can be distinguished from it by the underside being of 

 a browner tinge. 



61. Catochrysops pandnva, Horsfield (750). Very like the two 

 former, but of a darker blue altogether; the underside too is distinctly 

 darker. 



68. Tarncus theophrastus, Fabricius (752). A deep blue, almost 

 purple butterfly, with a small black mark about the middle of the 

 f urcwing on the upperside. The underside is white with black spots 

 and splashes, and there are some metallic spots near the outer margin 

 of the hindwing. The female is almost white above, with a little 

 blue at the base of the wings. 



69. Tarucus plinius, Fabricius (758). Not much like the preced- 

 ing. The underside is marked with larger splashes than the fore- 

 going, the splashes being of a brownish colour. It is a pugnacious 

 little creature, and in common with many other " blues" when engaged 

 in aerial combats ascends high into the air. 



70. CastaUus rosimon, Fabricius (759). A black and white but- 

 terfly something like the female of Tarucm theophrastus, which it 

 greatly resembles when on the wing. The spots on the underside 

 seem to vary in size according to the season, being darker and running 

 into one another in the specimens appearing during the rains. 



71. Castalius decidea, Hewitson (766). Very much like the pre- 

 ceding, except that it has a brownish tint on the underside of the 

 wings. 



72. Vobjornmatus butivus, Linnaeus (767). This is what is 



