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just that moment emerged. If was inclosed in a cluster of the 

 withered leaves of Cmalpinia viimosioides, and the circumstances left 

 little doubt that that was the food plant. 



25. Neptis Jumbah, Moore. 



The larva is correctly described by Moore, as quoted by Marshall 

 and de Niceville. It is a most promiscuous feeder. We found it 

 on Helteteres isora, Grexoia microcos^ Zizyphm rugosa and several other 

 plants, from August to October. 



The pupa is suspended vertically, slender in the abdominal part, 

 with a sharp dorsal ridge, much stouter and broader in the thoracic 

 region, with wing-cases expanded laterally ; two sharp points on the 

 head ; colour varying from dark brown to dull white, suffused and' 

 touched at points with gold. 



26. Girrhochroa t'hais, Fabricius* 

 " Larva with two dorsal series of long, and two lateral series of 

 shorter, delicately branched spines, also a similar spine projecting on 

 ?ach side in front of the head from the second segment." — Marshall 

 and de Niceville. In colour the many we found were uniformly 

 black, with an oily gloss, excepting the head and last segment, which 

 were light brown. The pupa was almost white on the wing 

 cases, yellow elsewhere, with numerous minute black spots, suspended 

 in a horizontal position, bearing two dorsal series of recurved spines 

 and pairs of similar, but longer, spines springing from the margins of 

 the wing-cases, the thorax and the head^ 



We found these in July, August and September on a common tree, 

 Hydrocarjms wightiana. Though the tree was usually surrounded by 

 butterflies laying eggs, it was often difficult to get larva). They 

 appeared to resort to the topmost, tender shoots, and dropped to the 

 ground on the least alarm. In captivity the}^ were very troublesome, 

 running about incessantly in indecent haste and often refusing to eat. 

 Many, moreover, were destroyed by a small ichneumon. 



Some of the specimens we reared have been identified by Mr. de 

 Niceville as his own C. rclata, and others were intermediate. We 

 are satisfied that they are not separable. 



27. Hipolymnas bolina, Linnaeus. 

 Larva cylindrical, armed with nine longitudinal rows of fine 



