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minata, Butler j is very rare, a few specimens only taken in August 

 and September. Both forms occur very numerously in the Dun, and 

 one or other of them is to be found almost throughout the year. 

 51. Melanitis bela, Moore. 

 The dry-season form, true M. bela, is found in the low valley 

 below Mussoorie in April and October, and the wet-season form 

 M. aswci) Moore, in the same places in August and September. 

 Sub-Family Elymniin2E. 

 52. Eltmnias undularis, Drury. 

 Occurs in the low valleys below Mussoorie not higher than 3,000 

 feet elevation, and in Dehra Dun, but is not common, flying in 

 March, April, July, September and October. The female mimics 

 Danais plexippus, Linnseus. 



Sub-Family Acr^inj;. 

 53. Pareba vesta, Fabricius. 

 Fairly common at Mussoorie in May, June and October, and found 

 in the Dun in August. The food-plant of the larva in the hills is 

 Debregeasia bicolor, Wedd., Natural Order Urticacece. The cater- 

 pillars are gregarious, and until about half an inch in length feed 

 on the upper and lower surfaces of the leaves only, leaving the veins ; 

 when nearly full-grown they eat the entire leaf except the mid-rib. 



{To be continued,) 



