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coloured. They feed generally, if not always, on plants having a 

 milky juice, such as those of the orders Asclepiadeacce and Apocynacece. 



1. Danais chrysippus, Linnaeus. 



This familiar larva will be found carefully described in Mar- 

 shall and de Niceville's book. In Canara it is comparatively rare, at 

 least on the coast ; but everywhere else in the Presidency it may 

 be found at almost any time of the year on the common " Madar " 

 (Callotropis) : we have got it on nothing else. 



2. D. aglcea, Cramer. 



We found this at Lanowlie in October feeding on Tylophora car- 

 nosa and met with it again in the same month at Karwar. It is 

 a beautiful larva, of the usual Danais form, with only two pairs of 

 filaments, of a rich brown or claret colour, with a pair of round 

 yellow spots on each segment, and between these numerous, much 

 smaller, bluish- white spots ; on the sides the spots are gathered into 

 a conspicuous longitudinal stripe just above the legs ; the under parts 

 are black. The pupa is of the usual form and of a greenish-yellow 

 colour, with gojd spots and beaded ring ; but probably it varies much. 



Note. — In Marshall and do Niceville's book this species appears under the name 

 D. grammica. 



3. D. Mmniace, Cramer. 



This also was found at Lanowlie in October, feeding on a wild 

 species of wax-plant {Hoya viricliflora). We reared it in Karwar 

 on a different plant in June. It was very abundant in that month, 

 then seemed to disappear for two months, when it reappeared in 

 smaller numbers. The larva and pupa have been described by 

 Messrs. Marshall and de Niceville. (Since these notes were written 

 Mr. de Niceville has examined some of our specimens, and considers 

 them nearer to D. septentrionis than D. Mmniace. Will not Mr. 

 Moore or somebody discriminate the Canara form ? D. limnitrionis 

 would be a good name ! ) 



4. Euplcea core, Cramer. 



This larva also has been accurately described by Messrs. Marshall 

 and de Niceville. To their description of the pupa we may add that 

 its colour is very variable, the commonest hue in this Presidency 



