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whereas I. fergusonii feeds exclusively on the tough leaves. It can be 

 distinguished from the larva of the last by the yellow lines at right 

 angles to the lateral yellow line being continued down to the marginal 

 double white line, giving the body the appearance of having a lateral 

 row of large black spots. Length 40 mm. 



Pupa. — Similar in every way to, though smaller than, that of 

 Ismene fergusonii ; it can be distinguished at once, however, by having 

 a large transparent-looking dirty patch in the middle of the thorax, 

 which the former does not possess. Length 22 mm. See Journal, 

 Bombay Natural History Society, Vol. V, p. 373, No. 88, pi. F, figs. 2 

 larva ; 2a, pupa (1890). 



181. Hasora chromus, Cramer. (Plate VII, Fig. 2). 



This is one of the commonest butterflies with us, occurring every- 

 where. Its flight is very quick ; it is fond of the vicinity of water, 

 where it may be captured, laying its eggs on the young shoots and 

 leaves of Pongamia glabra^ Vent. It is difficult to distinguish on the 

 wing from either of the two following. 



Larva. — Head large for the size of the insect, nearly quite square, 

 covered with longish white hairs, yellow or red-brown in colour; when 

 yellow it has a black spot around the eyes (at the base of each lobe) ; 

 a broad black collar on segment 2, reaching from spiracle to spiracle ; 

 anal segment slightly sloping, rounded at the extremity, with a shiny 

 black dorsal patch on it ; body sparsely covered with longish, erect, 

 white hairs ; colour more or less dark mauve, variable, suffused 

 dorsally with light yellow ; a dorsal dark mauve line, an obsolescent 

 similar lateral line, and a broad marginal yellowish band bordered 

 above and below with white ; abdomen greenish-yellow ; there may 

 be a black spot on segments 5 to 9, that on segment 5 rarely being 

 wanting. Surface oily-looking. Length 31 mm. 



Pupa.—Stout, very similar to the foregoing, light green in colour, 

 without markings, covered with a white powder. 



Habits.—- Larva makes a lax cell by folding a leaf longitudinally, 

 which it does not line with silk ; is very moth-like in its young stages, 

 and pupates in the cell, attached by tail and a body-band. 

 182. Hasora alexis, Fabricius. 



This insect has been but rarely met with. We have caught it near 

 Jvarwar. We wei*e lucky, however, in finding six larva? once near 



