372 JOURNAL. BO^IBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. X, 



THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE NORTH CANARA DISTRICT 

 OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY. 



By J. Davidson, T, R. Bell, and E. H, Aitken, 

 Part II. 



(With Plates IV and V.) 



{^Cordinued from page 259, Vol, X) 



Family LYCENIDJ3. 



This large family of butterflies is very numerous in Canara, and we 

 have succeeded in obtaining the following : — 



70. Neopithecops zalmora^ Butler, (No, 641 of de Niceville.) 



This is common everywhere, both above and below the ghats, in and 

 near evergreen forests and wherever its food-plant occurs. We havo 

 found it at all seasons. 



Its larva is of the usual woodlouse form common among the " blues." 

 It is of a rough texture, with the segments well defined, pubose 

 under the lens ; the head concealed and the sides flattened ; colour 

 a bright apple-green, with a faint darker line along the middle 

 of the back. 



It feeds on Glycosmis pentapJiylla, Gorrea, and the pupa is 

 attached to the leaf, parallel to it ; the thoracic part is narrow and 

 contracted, and the abdominal rounded, and considerably higher 

 than the thorax. 



It is of a bright green, with a darker dorsal line, and a similar 

 line forming the boundary of the abdominal segments. It has a row 

 of minute dark spots along these linos. We have taken the larvag in 

 Karwar throughout the rains, and no doubt this species breeds 

 throughout the year. 



71. Spalgis epius, Westwood, (No, 642 of de Niceville.) 



This is a distinctly local butterfly, but fairly common where it 

 occurs. We have taken it often at Karwar, and abundantly north 

 of Karwar along the Goa frontier. Elsewhere where we have been it 

 cannot bo common. 



Its early stages and carnivorous habits were full}^ described at 

 page 485 of Vol. VIII of the Journal 



