TIU: CO.yfMOX BUTTERFUKS of tile I'L. \ISS of IMJIA. Gol 



fringe of Jolicato white sjunos ami bristles, each bearing' a tuft of oxtreiiioly 

 tine spino-liko liairs. Both forms of colouriiif^ now more or less approach 

 oiuh other. L : o mn\. 



After the third uionlt in the fourth stage that is — the sm-facr' is thickly 

 sprinkknl with serrated hairs of ditiereut lengths, the subdorsal ones the 

 longest, all with swollen, star-like bases varying in form and colour : some 

 are brownish, others shining whitish resembling little glass petals ; numer- 

 ous discs scattered all over the body. Spirac/fs prominent, round, outlined 

 with brown. Colour a beautiful, clear green with a darker green, longitudi- 

 nal, dorsal line, three longitudinal rows of diagonal, green, lateral mark- 

 ings and a waved, dull-green, lateral band bordered below by a pale line ; 

 jind faint dull brownish-pink streaks. The gland on segment 11 is now 

 more distinct and surrounded with similar processes and bristles. L : 

 i'yj') mm. 



Fourth moult or lifth stage. The shape is of the usual onisciform type 

 with slightly flattened sides and a very shallow, ilorsal furrow. Hertd 

 round, black, shining, hidden under segment 2 except when protruded. 

 Surface densely studded with short, spine-like, serrated bristles which vary 

 much in length and colour, from white to pale brown ; a subdorsal row of 

 longer spine-like, slightly serrated bristles or hairs ; of varying length ; all 

 these hairs or bristles with wonderfully formed bases (similar but more 

 pronounced than in the previous stages), composed of a bull-centred star, 

 the iioints rising from the base : some are wholly white, others, olive- 

 green ; also numerous shining whitish-green discs outlined or set in more 

 or less starred black rings of various sizes scattered all over the body ; the 

 gland of segment 11 is similar to that in the previous stage, being a small, 

 elongated, transverse tissure, fringed with tine, white bristles as described ; 

 •on segment 12 are the usual, dorsolateral organs, circular in opening, 

 from which are protruded on occasion, one from each, little white cylinders. 

 .Sf)ir(ic/e-« round, whitish, small, bordered brown. Co/our pale green with a 

 darker, dorsal stripe or line; fainter green, diagonal, lateral lines, L: 

 nearly lO mni. ; B : 3 mm. 



Fupa. — Normal in shape ; the hiad truncated in front, the thorax slightly 

 humped ; the dorsal line of abdomen rising from segment 5 to 7 and then 

 falling away in a gentle curve to extremity which is bluntl}' rounded. 

 Surface minutely reticulated ; sprinkled all over except on the wings with 

 slightly curved, moderately long, white, serrated hairs, each with a minute, 

 swollen base ; near the insertions of the wings are a few fine, white erect 

 hairs, the points branched. Spiracles small^ oval, whitish, slightly raised. 

 Colour pale green : the wings rather lighter with still whiter veins, irregu- 

 larly sprinkled with minute, black specks ; a dorsal line composed of a 

 series of black marks and specks forming a well-defined line over the head 

 and thorax, broken up into a series of spots on a darker ground-stripe on 

 the abdomen ; a supraspiracular series of small, black dots, one on each 

 segment -i-T and a large, somewhat oval, black blotch on segment o ; two 

 •others : one at the base of the wing on thorax, another on segment 4, also a 

 small spot on segment 2 ; all and a few other tiny specks sprinkled all over 

 the body are black. L : mm. ; H: '.i mm., of fairly uniform breadth all 

 through. 



Habits : — This butterfly Everes anjiades is called the Short-tailed 

 Blue at home in England and has not, as far as is known, ever 

 been bred in India. All the toregoing life-history is taken direct 

 from V. W. Frohawk"s description in The Enivmologrst of October 

 1004, volume xxxvii, Xo. t07. He says of the eggs " imdoTibtedly 



