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cylindrical and smooth; with two, long, curved, divergent filaments, 

 or soft horns on the head, a single stouter sword-shaped one on the 

 back at the 5th or 6th segment, curved backwards and serrated on its 

 inner edge, and another on the last segment, curved forwards and 

 serrated on its outer edge. The colour was a fine, reddish-brown, 

 with a broad green band on the side from the 5th to the last 

 segment. Pupa suspended by the tail, very much compressed, with 

 a dorsal ridge from head to tail, high and obtusely pointed in the 

 middle ; the palpi -cases united and produced into a long, somewhat 

 recurved, snout ; colour brown, with fine dark stria). 



Family LEMOXIIDiE. 

 Subfamily Nemeobiinje. 



45. Abisara fratema, Moore. 



"We call this fratema because we have been accustomed to call it by 

 that name in other parts of the Bombay Presidency, "without pre- 

 judice" to suffum or prunosa, or any other alias. The larva is flat, very 

 broad in the middle, tapering to both ends, clothed sparsely with short 

 hairs ; head small, not enclosed in the second segment ; colour light 

 green. The pupa is also clothed with hairs, and altogether so like the 

 larva that it is difficult to note exactly when the change takes place. 

 It is closely attached to a leaf by the tail and a girdle. We found 

 this very abundantly in July, 1889, and occasionally till the end of the 

 rains, on Embcllia robu&ta. This year it was scarce. The larva rests 

 on the underside of the leaf, which is of the same tint of green as 

 itself. 



Family LYCLENIILE. 



46. Lampides eelianus, Fabricius. 



There is a full description of the larva and pupa in Marshall and 

 de Niceville, which we need not repeat. We may say, however, that 

 all the larvae we have seen were of a pure, pale, green colour, like 

 young leaves of the tree on which they fed. This was the well-known 

 " Karanj " (Potigamia glabra). In Karwar, in the month of March, 

 we saw a female in winter dress laying her eggs on the leaf buds just 

 opening. AVe did not attempt to rear from the egg, but allowed the 

 larva; to grow to a reasonable size and then took them, and got one 



