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are already visible through its skin. (PI. II, fig. 2e). From a chrysalis formed 

 on the 2 8^^ of February' the imago emerged on the lo'*' of March. 



The figure of this caterpillar given by Horsfield and Moore is bad; that 

 of the pupa is a little better but indistinct ; in his Lepidoptera of Ceylon Moore 

 also figures the caterpillar indistinctl)-, but the pupa a little better. My figures 

 have succeeded much better. 



Genus THESTIAS Dsd. 



I. Venilia Godt. (PI. Ill, fig. 3 a, b.) 



Cramer, ////. 157 C, Z>. (1779) Pap. Aenippe (nee. L.). 



GoDART, Enc. Meth. IX p. 121 (1819 — 23) . . . Pieris Veniha. 



BoisDUVAL, Spec. Gen. I p. 594 (1836) Thestias „ . 



Snell. v. VoLL., Mon. d. Pier. p. 51 (1865). . . „ „ . 



Snellen, Tijdschr. v. Ent. XXVII p. 2\o pi. 1 1 y%. 3 



(1883—84) „ , van. 



W. J. Very common in some very low-lying regions near the sea in the 

 neighbourhood of Batavia, there where the ground is sandy. So for instance 

 near Tanjong Priok. But in the districts there of a somewhat higher altitude 

 (3 — 14) I never found a butterfly of this species, neither in other parts of W. J.; 

 once only a specimen from the province of Prajangan was sent to me. 



C. J. Common near Touban on Java's north-coast, and at Bojonegro (258). 

 Near the last mentioned place I also caught two specimens of the form 

 Alba Sn. which have been figured in the XXVII volume of the Tijdschrift 

 voor Entomologic pi. 11, fig. 3 ; and which show that in this species also the 

 yellow is changing into white. 



E. J. Gedangan near Sidhoarjo (5), common naer Kediri (64), in the 

 Tengger mountains (700); also received from mount Arjouno. 



The butterfly, whose eyes during life are yellowish green, flies not far from 

 the ground. Its early stages are still unknown. 



2. Balice Bsd. (PI. Ill, fig. 4.) 



BoisDuvAL, Spic. G^n. I p. 593 (1836) Thestias Balice. 



Fruhstorfer, Z^i^r/. j£«/f. Z?//5«:^r. 39/. 246//. 1 8y%. 99(1894) „ „ 



This species is rare. I only possess specimens from the mountains along 

 the south-coast of E. J. and I also saw one which had been caught in the 



