350 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1890. 



pupge also are distinguishable by the contour of the thorax, but the 

 difference is very slight. In the first part of our notes we said that 

 we had only bred the small form of II. bolina, and had not ascertained 

 its food-plant. During the past season we obtained many larvse on a 

 species of nettle (Fleurya interrupta),aji& reared both forms from them. 

 One curious fact which escaped our notice till this season, and which 

 we have not seen mentioned elsewhere, ought to be noted here. It is 

 that the spines of EuthaKa are epidermal and are shed at each moult, 

 the larva) emerging with only a row of small, blunt processes, which 

 in a very short time expand into spines. We will now resume our 

 notes, but first we must express our grateful thanks to Mr. Lionel de 

 JNicevIlle for naming all our Hesperiidce and giving us much assistance 

 in other ways, and to Mr. T. R. Bell, of the Forest Department, whose 

 skill in finding larvae is only equalled by the generosity with which he 

 lets others reap the fruits of his labours. 



The larvae of the following Nymphalidce have been discovered since 

 the first part of our paper was in print. 



41. Lethe eitrqpa, Fabricius. 

 Larvae somewhat thicker proportionally than those of Mycalesis and 

 Melanitis. The head is larger, and is surmounted by a single, short, 

 erect horn ; the body is rough, thickest ill the middle, suddenly 

 attenuated from the 11th segment, and terminated by along' caudal 

 horn. The colour is green, much paler on the under parts. The 

 pupa is suspended by the tail, is of a uniform pale green colour, stout, 

 smooth, and quite regular, except that the head-case, which is semi- 

 detached from the thorax, is broad and angular, with two sharp points 

 in front. We found a single specimen of this, feeding on dwarf 

 bamboo, in the month of August. Descriptions from single specimens 

 can never be put forward with confidence, and in this case we are not 

 at all sure that the stunted appearance of the last three segments was 

 not a mere deformity resulting from an accident. 



42. Athyma mahesa, Moore. 



On the 26th of September a female of this sj)ecies was noticed 



laying eggs on Olea dioica. Only one egg was secured, but by the 



most affectionate care this was successfully reared. In form the larva 



was exactly similar to that of Limenitis procr/* — already described : 



