THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE NORTH CANARA DISTRICT. Gl 



229. Baoris mathias, Fabricius. 



We have bred a few of this butterfly from larvae which we took to 

 be the larvae of B. suhochracea, Moore, feeding on rice. We remem- 

 ber having noticed a few larvae, which had black borders to their heads 

 instead of red borders ; these might have been the larvae of this 

 species ; if this is so, the larva and pupa is in no particular distinct 

 from those of the preceding species ; the specific distinctness of the 

 two species remains a point for future elucidation ; the insect is 

 not so common as the last. 



Group F. 



The imagos of this group rest with their wings closed over the back, 

 but bask generally with them half-open ; they are insects of damp and 

 shade, frequenting the beds of nallas and damp evergreen portions of 

 the district ; they are not very strong fliers, and rest often and always 

 close down near the ground, on a convenient upperside of a leaf. 

 We have bred some individuals of Udaspes folus, Cramer, from pupa? 

 that have lain over for nearly two months after the rains ; the indivi- 

 duals differed from those obtained from pupae that come out in the 

 normal time in having the tip of the forewing decidedly bleached or 

 faded. The larvae are very stout when full-grown, and have the 

 habit of restino- with the first three segments after the head contracted 

 so as to give the appearance of being humped about the anterior 

 segments, the relatively small head lying with its apex pressed on the 

 second segment ; the body is flattened ventrally as the larva always 

 lies closely applied to the resting surface ; the anal segments are 

 sloping, and the margin is closely applied to the leaf, rounded at the 

 extremity and somewhat thickened at the edge j when at rest the fourth 

 segment is more than twice as long as the head ; the head is triangular 

 when seen from in front, and narrowly bi-lobed and small for the 

 body. The colour of the larva is some shade of indigo-green ; there 

 is often a white excretion on the abdomen laterally between the bases 

 of the prolegs. The larva feeds upon Scitaminece ; the pupa is 

 hardly distinguishable from the pupa of the last group ; the larva 

 makes a lax cell by turning over a triangular piece from the edge on 

 to the upper surface of the leaf. 



230. Udaspes folus, Cramer. 

 U. folus is a very common butterfly in the monsoon in Karwar ; it 

 frequents the jungle, and may be found any day basking on the ground, 

 or on a loaf, or flitting about amongst the herbaceous ground plants. 



