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all the orange-tipped teracoli in this Presidency constitute more 

 than one species. It is subject, like most of the pierince, to very 

 wide variation, which does not seem to depend much on climate or 

 season. I have reared very different varieties from larvas taken at 

 one time in the same spot, if not on the same plant. The larva 

 feeds on a small climbing* caper which is very common on the hilly 

 parts of Bombay. (Young plant of C. horrida ?) It is nearly cylin- 

 drical, slender and of a uniform green colour, with the rough 

 surface characteristic of the larva3 of Catopsilia and Terias. The 

 pupa has a sharp transverse ridge above, at the junction of the 

 thorax and abdomen, which extends well beyond the general out- 

 line on each side, forming a pointed lateral process. From this a 

 dorsal lidge runs out into a similar point just over and behind the 

 head. The colour is light green, with a triangular patch of yellow- 

 ish white on the anterior side of each lateral process and a similar 

 patch covering the top of the head. This species is in season at the 

 commencement of the hot weather. 



90. T. cyprcea. This occurs sparingly in Bombay, but is common 

 in May and again at the close of the year among the salt works on 

 the mainland across the harbour, where I have found the larva in 

 November and December feeding on a tree, called by the natives 

 Sairi, fond of briny situations. I have persecuted the Botanical 

 Section for its name without success.* It is slender, cylindrical and 

 rough on the upper surface like the larva of Terisa. On examina- 

 tion with, a strong lens this roughness proves to be due to minute 

 tubercles, out of each of which grows a short black bristle. Each 

 side, above the base of the legs, is fringed with somewhat longer 

 white hairs. The colour is grass green above, with a dark blue 

 dorsal line very narrowly bordered with yellow. The under side 

 is a paler bottle green, a lateral yellowish line separating the two 

 tints. The pupa is very similar in form to that of Terias and of 

 a dingy whitey-brown colour. The aspect of this pupa confirms 

 my general impression that this species is much nearer to Terias 

 than to some of the species with which it has been lumped under 

 the name Teracolus. 



91. T. dynamene. Mr. Newnham sent a number of these from 

 Bhooj, and I found it common at Kharaghora on the borders of the 

 Runn of Cutch in the hot season. 



* Avicennia tomontoso — A white-flowered variety of Mangrove. — K, B. Kirtikar, 

 Botanical Secretary. 



