THE COMMON BUTTERFLIES OF THE PLAINS OF INDIA. 663 



a'. Lar\^a with whole surface covered with 

 minute, simple, white tubercles each sur- 

 mounted by a minute, white hair . . 

 b"^. Larva with surface covering not so. 



a^. Larva with the long subdorsal hairs 



with thickened tops to them 

 b^. Larva with the subdorsal hairs simple. 

 a*. Larva covered with white or brown 



star-shaped tubercles . . 

 6*. Larva with no star-shaped tubercles 

 or hairs. 

 a'. Larva covered with appressed, 



pointed, white hairs . . 

 ¥. Larva covered with erect, pointed, 

 white hairs 

 Z*\ Larva bordered round margin with sparse 

 fringe of long hairs. 

 a-. Larva with distinct, long, subdorsal hairs 



only 



b^. Larva with distinct sub-dorsal and spira- 



cular, long hairs 

 C-. Larva with no long, distinct, subdorsal or 

 spiracular hairs. 



a^. Larva with no star-shaped tubercles in 

 the clothing. 



«*. Larva with the clothing consisting 

 partly at least of appressed hairs or 

 hairs with the tips bent back, 

 a'. Larva clothed with dark, tuber- 

 cular hairs and white hairs with 

 recurved tips. . 

 6\ Larva with the clothing consisting 

 of shiny, colourless, appressed 

 hairs . . 

 Z»\ Larva with neither appressed hairs 

 nor hairs with recurved tips. 

 a\ Larva clothed with minute spine- 

 like hairs having little branchlets at 

 their bases 

 ¥. Larva having no such hairs with 

 branchlets at the bases. 

 a^. Larva clothed with a dense 

 covering of minute, erect, black, 

 simple hairs with thickened bases. 

 6^ Larva clothed with minute, erect, 

 brown hairs from cylindrical, 

 white tubercles 

 c^ Larva clothed with minute sim- 

 ple erect, black hairs which are 

 chiefly confined to the prominent 

 parts of each segment 

 b^. Larva with star-shaped hairs or tuber- 

 cles in the clothing. 



«*. Larva clothed with minute, 5-6- 

 pointed, short-stemmed white stars — 

 star-like, dilated hair-tops ? . . 



Zizera otis. 

 Castalius ananda. 



„ decidea. 

 ,, ethion. 



Tarucus theopkrastus. 

 C'hilades trocMlus. 



Jamides celeno. 

 Lampides bceticus. 



Catachrysops strabo. 



,, panda))a. 



Zizera lysimon. 



„ gaika. 

 Catochrysops cnejus. 



