THE COMMON BUTTERFLIES OF THE PLAINS 



OF INDIA. 



EXPLANATION OF FiaUREKS 1,2. and 3 on Plate III. 



Fig. !• — Larva or caterpillar. 

 1-14. the 14 segments. 



1. head; 2. 3,4. the thoracic .segments; 5-13. the abdominal seg- 

 ments; 14. the anal segment, the hinder part of which is called 

 the anal flap. 

 15. three pairs of true legs. 

 IG, four pairs of false legs (pseudo legs or pro-legs). 



17. spiracle of segment 6. 



18. dorsal line of larva.") 



19. sub-dorsal line. j These lines, when broad, are called stripes or 

 '20. dorso-lateral line. , longitudinal bands. 



21. lateral Hne. j 



Other lines occurring are called supra-spiracular. spiracular and 

 sub-spiracular, according t<i their position with regard to the 

 spiracles. 



22. transverse band. 



23. claspers or anal pro-legs. 



24. dorso- ventral line, separating the back or dorsum from the belly oi 



ventrum. 

 The black points on segments 2-14 show the positions of hair^ or 

 tentacles, etc., when present. 



Fig. 2. //6a<i of /a?'fa (front-view). 



1. vertex or occiput ; 2. frnns ; :!. cheeks ; 4. clypeus ; 5. labruni : 

 t). mandibles : 7. eyes ; 8. antenna. 

 The halves of the head on each side of tiie central line are often 

 alluded to as the lobes. 



Fig. 3« — Pupa or chrysal/^. 



1-14. segments as detailed in tig. 1, but s«g. :5 is always alluded {<> in 



the descri]>tions as the thorax. 

 Ift. eye. 

 1(). paljuis. 

 17. iintenna or l'cH;lt;r. 

 IS, upper wing oi- foie wing. 



19. under win" or liind wiiiL'. 



20. cremastral segment. 



21. l>ody band. 



22. pads of silk on to whicli the cremastral segment or ends oi' the 



body l)and are fixed. 



23. spiracle of segment 'J,. 



24. spiracle of segment 8. 



