384 Mr. Forsayeth on the life-history of 



I have made will be apparent. Personally I must express 

 my disbelief that the larvae of the three species can be 

 so similar as to be mistaken one for the other. Mr. A. G. 

 Butler informs me that Horsfield and Thwaites "bred 

 all three," but he does not say if the larvse have been 

 figured or described, and if they are so very similar as 

 stated in my notes. 



Hypolimnas avia, Fabr. 

 Mhow, October 9th, 1881. 



Larva found on a small herb with a purple flower. 

 I could not ascertain the name. 



The larva somewhat resembles that of Junonia 

 Orithyia, but the head is entire, of a red colour, and 

 armed with two fleshy horns covered with short spines. 

 The body is also armed with similar processes. Though 

 the imagines are numerous in this locality I have only 

 come across a single larva. 



The pupa also resembles that of J. Orithyia in form 

 and colouring, but of course much larger in size. It 

 is suspended by the tail only, and has spinous pro- 

 jections along the centre of abdomen and dorsum of the 

 thorax. 



A favourite haunt of the imagines is fields of the 

 yellow-flowered Eameli, but I have never found a larva 

 on this plant. 



Symphcsdra thyelia, Fabr. (PI. XIV., figs. 3, 3 a). 

 Mhow, November 5th, 1879. 



Larva brought by a native, who stated that it fed on 

 the " Tendu" tree, a large tree somewhat resembling the 

 ash. General colour a light grass-green ; a row of 

 purple spots along centre of back. Margin of body 

 armed with long, horizontal, fleshy processes, covered 

 with fine green hairs of a non-irritating character. Legs 

 6, 8, 2. Movements regular. 



Nov. 12th. Changed to a chrysalis last night. Green 

 colour; angular, with dark and gold spots and lines. 

 Suspended head downwards ; no thoracic band. 



Subsequently, in November, I obtained several more 

 larvce and pup^e, and on Dec. 1st I note that "another 

 larva has become a pupa during the night." 



