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The caterpillar of this butterfly feeds on the Madar (Calotropis 

 gigantea). It is well described by Mrs. Hart inker " Notes on a 

 Caterpillar Farm," Vol. IV., page 285, of our Journal. The pupa, 

 which is suspended by the tail, assumes two colours, some being 

 a delicate green, and others an equally delicate pink, as if made of wax ; 

 they have a thin black and yellow rim around the thickest part. 



4. Danais genutia, Cramer [31]. — This butterfly is almost as com- 

 mon as the last, and has the same habits. Its colouring is very 

 similar, only that the veins are more broadly marked with black. 

 The males of both this and the last have a scent-pouch in the hind- 

 wing. It loves to congregate in large numbers, as does D. chrysippus. 

 On the average this insect is larger, and, I think, handsomer than its 

 relative. It is imitated by the female of Elymnias undnlaris. 



5. Enplcea linncei, Moore [56]. — I have only one specimen of this 

 species, a male from Jagdalpur. It is very much smaller than speci- 

 mens from Assam, and that is all I know of it, for I have never seen 

 it in life, and the one I have was taken by a native collector. There 

 is some little doubt about the proper name of this species, and it is 

 usually referred to as E. midamus. Mr. Moore identifies the latter 

 with a distinct butterfly occurring in China. 



6. Euploea core, Cramer [61]. — This rivals Danias limniace, D. 

 chrysippus, and D. genutia in its general distribution. It is a deep 

 brown, almost black in colour, with a white border to its wings. Its 

 flight and habits are very much the same as the butterflies already 

 described, but perhaps it loves the shade more. It is easy to cap- 

 ture, difficult to kill, and the male has the power of protruding two 

 yellow bottle-brush like appendages from the end of its body. I 

 have specimens without the spots in the cell of the wings, and 

 I once took a specimen which had the spots in the cells of both 

 fore and hindwing on one side but not on the other. Several 

 butterflies resemble E. core in colouring, among which may be men- 

 tioned Papilio panope and the female of Rypolimnas bolina. 



The caterpillar and pupa of this butterfly are also described in 

 Mrs. Hart's paper, Vol. IV., pp. 284 and 285. The food plant is 

 usually the Oleander (Nerium odorum), but last year I found four of the 

 caterpillars feeding on the leaves of the Pipal tree (Ficiis religiosa). 

 I was successful in rearing all four until they reached the imago. 



