270 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1890. 



cal, moderately thick, very smooth, with an oil}' gloss, and bears six 

 longitudinal rows of sharp branched spines. The head is unarmed. 

 The colour varies from dark brown to pale yellowish- green, with a 

 white or yellowish spot at the base of each spine. It feeds on one 

 or more species of Flacourtia. The beautiful pupa has been accu- 

 rately described by Mr. de Niceville, and it is only necessary to add 

 that the colour is very variable, some specimens being almost white 

 and some bright green ; the markings are usually silver-edged, or 

 tipped with red. It hangs by the tail, but in a horizontal position. 



14. Cupha placida, Moore. 



Among the larvae of Atella phalantha which we reared in June, 

 several, which we did not distinguish until they became pupae, pro- 

 duced this butterfly. It is not improbable that we should have 

 found some distinguishing points if we had looked for them, but we 

 are disposed to think that the differences even in the imago of the 

 two species scarcely justify generic separation. The pupa can be 

 distinguished at once by a double row of long and slender filaments 

 springing from the principal tubercles. 



15. Cetliosia mahratta, Moore. Plate B, Figs. 1, la. 



Larva cylindrical, but much constricted between each pair of seg- 

 ments and tapering so mewhat towards the head. Six longitudinal 

 rows of fine, pointed spines : on the head only one pair of longer, 

 blunt spines. Colour dark brown, with bright red bands encircling all 

 the segments except the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 8th: on the 6th and 8th the 

 red is replaced by broader bands of lemon yellow. Pupa hanging 

 vertically, slender, with two large, f oliaceous processes springing from 

 the middle of the back and many less prominent processes and tubercles 

 on the head, thorax and abdomen : colour purplish-brown, much mottled 

 with lighter and darker shades : six dorsal spots of bright gold. 

 We got this first in June and Jiuy and then very plentifully in October, 

 on the wild Passion-flower {Modecca palmata). The caterpillar is 

 gregarious all through its life. The pupa, when touched, vibrates 

 in a manner well calculated to deter the hungriest enemy. 



16. Cynthia saloma, Swinhoe. Plate B, Figs. 2, 2a. 

 Larva cylindrical, head armed with two large, curved, spiny horns, 



