272 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1830. 



It feeds on "Karvee" (Strobilanthm), and doubtless occurs more or 

 less throughout the year. We found few, for though the butterfly- 

 is the commonest in Karwar, the plant is still commoner, an unfavour- 

 able condition for the caterpillar hunter. The pupa is smoky 

 brown. 



19. Junonia aster ie, Linnaeus, 

 Larva reddish- brown, with the spines lighter- Pupa light brown, 

 marked with lighter shades. We found this at Karwar in June. 

 July and October without ascertaining its food plant. In Bombay 

 we have reared it on Lippia nodifora, and once, in company with the 

 next, on Aateracantha longifolia. 



20, Junonia almana, Linnaeus. 



We have reared this in Bombay on Asteracantha longifolia, a prickly 

 plant, with blue or purple flowers, which grows in wet ditches every- 

 where during the monsoon and withers soon after, The butterfly 

 appears in October, a little later than the last. We kept no descrip- 

 tion of larva or pupa. 



21. Junonia lemonias, Linnaeus. 



We have reared this in Bombay on Barleria prionitis, a prickly 

 mud plant, like A. longifolia, but with yellow flowers, but kept no 

 description. We have found it also in many parts of the Deccan 

 during the rains. 



22. Junonia hierta, Fabricius. 



We have reared this in the Deccan and Khandeish, and found 

 many at Karwar last October on a plant which appeared to be a 

 species of Barleria. The ground-colour was usually dark brown, or 

 grey, with a broad dorsal stripe formed by minute white and blue 

 spots ; spines black. 



23. Junonia orithyia, Linnaeus. 



The larva is minutely described in Marshall and de Niceville's 

 book. We have found it in the Deccan at the end of the rains 

 climbing up tall stems of grass early in the morning, and did not 

 ascertain its food. 



24. Neptis hordonin, StolL 

 We found last September a pupa from which the butterfly had 



