180 LYCANIDA. CATOCHRYSOPS. 
emitting some agreeable odour or juice from the small movable horns situated on the uppers 
side near the tail. These horns are capable of being projected and retracted at pleasure. 
As I have found the pup of 7. ¢heophrastus in ants’ nests, probably the pupz of C. cnejus 
are also guarded by the ants in their nests, as well as attached to the undersides of 
leaves. The larvz of C. cvejus are found entirely on the young green clusters of buds 
and flowers.” 
As little need be said about the general distribution of this species as about that of the 
species which precedes it It is perhaps not quite as common where it occurs, but has a slightly 
greater recorded range, as Herr Semper states that it is found on Kajoa, one of the South Sea 
Islands, In my opinion it is subject to great seasonal and climatic variation, so much so indeed, 
that Mr. Butler admits five distinct species of the group, none of which are, in my opinion, 
entitled to specific rank. 
The next four species, a!l of which have been described by Mr. Butler and Colonel 
Swinhoe, in whose writings alone references to them are to be found, are in my opinion 
either “sports,” seasonal forms, or inconstant Iocal races of C. cnejus. I think the table below 
of the specimens of these species from various localities in Colonel Swinhoe’s collection will 
help to show this ; in the one locality of Mhow, he gives five distinct species of this group, in 
Karachi, four, and in Poona and Bombay, three :— 
Mhow. CHETUS« patala. ella. contracta. hapalina. 
Karachi, cnejUs. patala. ella. contracta. 
Poona. cnejus. patala, hapfalina. 
Hubb river. ella.  contracta. 
Bombay. cmejsus. patala. theseus. 
Hyderabad. ella. contracta. 
Kadgodi. cnejus. . contracta. 
Ihave given below the original descriptions of all these species with the exception of 
C. patala, Kollar, with regard to which I follow Mr. Distant, who places it as a synonym of 
C. cnejus. AS so many species of this group have of late been discriminated, it is probably 
impossible without examining the type specimen to say exactly what C. fatala is. 
746. Catochrysops theseus, Swinhoe. 
C. theseus, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool, Soc. Lond., 1885, p. 131, n. 55, pl-ix, fig. 8, male. 
HasBirat: Bombay, October. 
EXPANSE: 64, I 2 inches. 
DeEscrIPTION: “ MALE. UPPERSIDE, doth wings like C. cnejus, Fabricius. Cz/zéa grey on 
the forewing. UNDERSIDE, doth wings greyish-white, markings greyish-brown, marginal line 
brown, submarginal and discal macular lines arranged as in C. hafalina, Butler, but the mark~- 
ings broader, the spots running into each other forming two almost clear bands ; all the markings 
surrounded by whitish. indwing with a subcostal black spot near the base and another 
below it, a lunular streak at the end of the cell, two black spots on an orange ground near 
the anal angle; border greyish-brown ; submarginal and discal whorl of markings as in C. 
enejus, but darker, broader, and. running into each other, almost forming bands; the discal 
band commencing with a longitudinal subcostal deep black streak.” (Sweszhoe, 1. c.) 
I have not seen this species, and strongly suspect that it is an aberration or sport. 
747. Catochrysops ella, Butler. 
C. ella, Butler, Proc. Zool, Soc. Lond., 1881, p. 606, n. 17; idem, id., 1. c., 1886, p. 365, n. 373 id.y 
Swinhoe, 1. c, 1884, p. 506, n. 21; idem, id., 1886, p. 426, n. 40; idem, id., Journ, Bomb, Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. ii, 
P- 273, nN. 22 (1887). 
Hasirat: Karachi, December and January; Campbellpore, 21st November, 1885 
(Butler) ; afew specimens taken at Karachi in December and January ; Mhow, September to 
November ; Karachi common (.Szw27hoe). 
EXxpANSE: 4, ‘83; 9, 1'0 inch. 
DescriPTIon : * Allied to C. cvejus, Fabricius, but with the coloration of the wings 
en the underside more like C, pandava, Horsfielde MALE. UPPERSIDE, both wings lilac, 
