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58. Teracolns ttrula, Fabricius. 



We reared this in Bombay in the month of December on Ctifldha 

 indica. From tli£ very meagre note we made at the time, the Larva 

 appears 10 have {been like that of Terias hecabe, but perceptibly 

 enlarged near the; posterior extremity. The pupa was also like that 

 of Terias, but stouter, and the snout was long and sharply rceurved. 

 The eolour was pale straw, or dirty white. 



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;59. Teracolas ojprcea, Fnbricius. 



This butterfly follows the curious distribution of its food plant, a 

 bush, or small tree, known botanically as Sulcadora persica, which 

 grows on the bands of salt-works in the Konkan, and is found at 

 isolated places inland where there is salt in the soil. In the imme- 

 diate vicinity of this tree the butterfly swarms : elsewhere it is rarely 

 met with. We have roared it on the mainland, opposite Bombay, in 

 November and December, and on the coast of Canara, at one place 

 only, in May. The larva is very like that of Tends, cylindrical, or 

 slightly depressed, with a rough surface, due to minute tubercles, 

 from each of which grows a very small bristle. The colour is a uni- 

 form grass green, with a blue dorsal line, more or less distinct, and a 

 yellowish lateral line dividing the colour of the back from the paler 

 green of the under parts. The pupa is compressed, and has the 

 wing-cases produced into a keel, like that of Terias. It is suspended 

 in the same manner by the tail and a moderately long band. The 

 colour is usually some shade of dingy, whitish-brown, or dirty 

 green. 



We have put this butterfly down asT. ci/pnea with much misgiving. 

 One of the specimens which we reared in Bombay was so named for 

 us by a friend who was an export in the genus Teracolas, and we 

 have not a doubt he was right as to that particular specimen at that 

 time ; but that all, or any, of those we have since reared would receive 

 the same name at the British Museum to-day is more than we dare 

 assume. 



60. Terias hecabe, Linnaeus. 



A wc have said, the larva and pupa of this are exceedingly like 

 those of the last. The larva is long, green, rough, cylindrical, or 

 slightly depressed, with a large head. The pupa is suspended by 



