40 NATURAL HISTORY. 



92. T. puellaris. I found this also at Kbaraghora in company 

 with the last. They were always flitting about the wild caper (C, 

 dphylla) which formed the most prominent feature of the vegetation 

 in that wilderness, and I have no doubt now that they were laying 

 their eggs on it. 



93. T. protractus. For our specimens of this we are indebted 

 to Mr. Newnham at Bhooj. 



94. T. fausta. I found this at Kharaghora in the rainy season. 

 We have it from Bhooj too. This and the last three are purely 

 desert insects and are out of place in this collection ; but the few 

 butterflies we have from Cutch have been temporarily included 

 in the collection representing Bombay and the Deccan. 



95. T.fulvia. } There is one specimen of each without 



96. T. tripunctata. /note of locality. 



97. Appias libythea. This is very common in Bombay about 

 the beginning of the hot season, that is to say in " spring. " I have 

 found the larva3 in April on more than one common plant of the 

 caper tribe. It is at first sight like that of T. etrida, but the anal 

 extremity tapers slightly and ends in a bifid projection. The pupa 

 is exactly like that of T. etrida in form, but different in colour, 

 being pale watery green with numerous dark spots. 



98. Belenois mesentina. This is pretty common everywhere, 

 and long ago I found the larvae of it on a plant which from my 

 recollection of it must have been Oadaba in die a. Capers are 

 evidently wholesome to the pierine constitution. Unfortunately 

 I kept no notes then, but I recollect the larva as clothed sparingly 

 with soft hair, like tbat of D. eucharis. 



99. Huphina phryne. This is another species which from my 

 point of view has been most needlessly split up. It is one of the 

 few species of which it may with truth be said that it is in season 

 all the year round. It is as common on the hills as on the plains. 



100. Delias eucharis. — This is common all the year except 

 during the months of heavy rain. It rises early in the morning 

 and flies high, but not fast. The larva feeds on the common 

 mistletoe, Loranthus longiflorus, which grows on mango and most 

 other trees everywhere. Unlike nearly all other butterflies and like 

 moths, this species lays its eggs not singly, but together, in regular 

 rows. The larvae are gregarious when young and soon clear a 

 small Loranthus of its leaves, and the habit which they have of let- 

 ting themselves down by their silk when disturbed is no doubt 



