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208. Rapala varuna, Horsfield. 



Mr. Moore has described this species from the " Deyra Doon " as 

 R. grisea. We have a single male from the Dun captured in Sep- 

 tember. Mr. Hamilton H. Druce in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1895, 

 p. 622, has recently shown that iL Deudorix" orseis, Hewitson=" Thecla" 



varuna, Horsfield. 



209. Rapala nissa, Kollar. 



Very common in Mussoorie from March to October, and in the 



Dun in the rainy season. The larva feeds on the flowers of Astilbe 



rivularis, Ham., Natural Order Saxifragacece. It is very like the 



larva of R. schistacea^ Moore, except that the fourth segment is bright 



red. 



210. Rapala melampus, Cramer. 



Rare in Mussoorie in May and September, exceedingly common in 

 the Dun from March to May, in July, September, and November. 



211. Virachola isocrates, JEabricius. 



Occurs at low elevations near Mussoorie (about 4,000 feet) from 

 July to September ; common in the Dan almost throughout the year 

 wherever the pomegranate (Punica Granatum, L. ; Natural Order 

 Lytliracece) grows, on the fruit of which the larva feeds. In a fairly 

 large garden near the town of Dehra this fruit never comes to perfec- 

 tion owing to the borings of this larva. 



212. Virachola perse, Hewitson. 



Found in the low valleys near Mussoorie in July, and in the Dun 

 in March, and from June to September. The larva feeds on the 

 fruit of Reindict dumetorum, Lamk., Natural Order Rubiacece. It is 

 almost impossible to get good specimens of this butterfly except by 

 breeding. It is less common in our area than V. isocrates, Fabricius. 



213. Sinthdsa nasaka, Horsfield. 



Rare in the low valleys near Mussoorie from May to July, found 

 in the Dun in September. 



214. ' SlNTHUSA CHANDRANA, Moore. 



Rare in Mussoorie from Jane to August, and in the Duu in July 

 and September. 



{To he continued.) 



