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59. E. luhentmaj Cramer. 

 This exquisitely beautiful butterfly is also very common, but different 

 in its habits from the other two and therefore not so often noticed. The 

 males are fond of basking in the suu on high trees or hill tops along 

 with Charaxes, Atliyma and Cynthia. With the exception of E. ganida, 

 Moore, occasionally, the other Euthalias never do this. The females 

 frequent the forests at the foot or on the slopes of the hills and do not 

 show themselves much. The larva of this species, which feeds on Loran- 

 tlms, commonly called " mistletoe," has the dorsal area of most of the 

 segments brown or claret- coloured, with or without a pure white 

 diamond in the middle. The pupa is distinguished by a small brown 

 patch on each side. See our former paper, p. 276, n. 33. 



60. Pyrameis eardui, Linnseus. 



The " Painted Lady " is found sparingly throughout the district. 

 At times it appears in great numbers, continues for a week or two and 

 disappears again. As is well known, it is a migratory butterfly, and is 

 known in almost every part of the world. It has a rapid, irregular 

 flight, and is fond of settling on the ground and on rocks. The curious 

 habits of the larva are described at length by de Niceville. We 

 have found larvae in Canara in November, feeding on Zomia diphylla ^ 

 and on a thistle-like plant of the genus Blumea^ which is its common 

 food in other parts of the presidency also. See oar former paper, 

 p. 277, n. 36. 



61. Cyrestis thyodamas, Boisduval. Plate III, Figs. 1, la. 



The " Map Butterfly '^ is pretty common throughout the district in 

 suitable situations. A suitable situation is a clear stream of running 

 water, among rocks, with trees growing over it, on which the butterfly 

 may rest, pressed flat against the underside of a leaf. Curiously enough 

 it lays its eggs on the banian (Ficus indiea), which is not a tree at all 

 peculiar to such situations. We described the larva and pupa in our 

 former paper, p. 351, n. 44. They are quite unlike those of any other 

 butterfly we know, so we give a figure of them both. 



62. Kallima liorsfieldii, Kollar. Plate II, Figs. 5, 5a. 

 We have only one species of Kallima, which may be called 

 K. wardij Moore, by those who believe in the distinctness of that 

 form. It is a very variable butterfly and the wet- and dry-season 



