THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE NORTH CANARA DISTRICT, 49 



211. Halpe honorei, de Niceville. 



The imago is found throughout the district at all times of the year. 

 It is uot common anywhere. It has the same habits as T. bambusce, 

 Moore. We have bred it at all seasons. 



Larva. — As in the description of the group ; head light yellow- 

 brown with a round black spot at the top of each lobe. The colour of 

 the body is as follows : — a dorsal green line, a subdorsal broad yellow 

 band, a lateral rose-coloured band, broader than the subdorsal one 

 and with just a shade of green in it, and a marginal white band ; 

 the last segment is quite Hack and rough. The skin is somewha t 

 transparent. Length 28 mm. 



Pupa. — Shape as in the group ; on the front of the head is a 

 broad, heart-shaped overgrowth of the same thickness throughout, 

 occupying the space between the eyes, rough and honey-combed on 

 the surface ; immediately behind this overgrowth are two small similar 

 overgrowths, oblong in shape, situated along the front margin of seg- 

 ment 2 and separated by a triangular overgrowth ; the front of 

 the eyes is also rough and honey-combed, as well as a small spot at 

 the anterior inferior corner of the eye and a smaller one on each side 

 and contiguous to the maxillse. These overgrowths are all black- 

 brown in colour ; the spiracular expansions of segments 2 are large, 

 nearly circular, face forwards, and have a transverse depression in 

 the centre ; they are black-brown in colour. On segment 2 is a 

 black, narrow, lateral triangular mark reaching on to the thorax ;: 

 cremaster curved, provided with many irregular hooklets on its dorsal 

 surface and around its edges ; the dorsal ridges of the cremaster are 

 strong and are provided with three teeth pointing backwards along 1 

 their length ; colour of pupa a waxy-looking white with a slight 

 yellow tinge ; cremaster brown. Length 14 mm. 



Habits. — Larva generally incorporates a few dead leaves in its 

 cylindrical cell ; the cell is coated inside with steps of silk which are 

 disposed irregularly ; pupa fixed by the tail only ; the larva feeds 

 on bamboo, and is generally found on bamboo-clumps in which there 

 are a lot of dead yellow leaves. 



212. Halpe hyrtacus, de Niceville. 



This insect was caught in the valley of the Kalinaddi river in the 

 ghats, for the first time, a short time ago, in the early morning> at the 



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