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and has been described in this journal by Captain T. Macpherson, Bo. 

 S. C, vol. ii, p. 164 (1887), with a plate showing the egg, larva and 

 pupa under the name of Hestia malabariea, Moore. See also a fur- 

 ther note on the subject by Mr. de Niceville on page 242, 



2. Danais aglea^ Cramer (D. grammica in Marshal! 

 and de Eiceville). 



Found throughout the district at all seasons, and very common in 

 some places. We have reared larvse in every month of the monsoon, 

 and indeed throughout the year. The larva and pupa were described 

 in our former paper, p. 282, n. 2. 



3. D, limniace, Cramer. 



We have put our species under this name, but monsoon specimens 

 which we sent to Mr. de Niceville were pronounced by him to be nearer 

 to D, septentrionisy Butler, though much smaller than specimens of 

 that species from the other side of India, and not quite so dark. On 

 the other hand, some of our specimens are larger and paler than 

 others, and those caught in the dry-season, especially above the ghauts, 

 are typical D. limniace. The butterfly is fairly common throughout 

 the district, very abundant in some places. The larva and pupa are 

 described by Marshall and de Niceville. See also our former paper, 

 p. 266, n. 3. 



4» D. chrysippusj Linnaeus. 



This ubiquitous butterfly is less common in Canara (at least on the 

 coast) than in most parts of India. There is little left to be said about 

 it, escept that we have discovered that it does feed on something 

 else than Callotropis, to wit, on Asclepias curassavica, a foreign plant 

 of the same order which is now quite naturalised in the district. See 

 our former paper, p. 266, n. 1. 



Among the larvse of this butterfly reared by us last season, two, 

 which were brought to us together and evidently belonged to the same 

 brood, produced fine specimens of the variety, D. klugiij Butler, 

 which we have never seen in Canara before or since. We also reared 

 a specimen which distinctly tended towards D. alcippoides^ Moore. 

 5. D. genutia, Cramer. 



Somewhat local on the coast, but common above the ghauts, where 

 it is found at certain spots in swarms that literally block the road. 

 We do not know what draws them together, but this species, as also 



