TEE BUTTERFLIES OF THE NORTH CAN^RA DISTRICT. 373 



72. Megisba vialaya, HorsfielJ. (No. 645 of de Niceville.) 

 This insect we consider rare, and have only taken a very few 

 specimens, ahnost all on the line of the ghats in the south of the 

 District or at Karwar. We have never reared the larva. 



7o. Chilades trochilus, Freyer. (No. 673 of de Nicevillei) 

 This, the smallest butterfly we know, is common along the coast, 

 in open grass country. We have only taken it in the cold weather, 

 and it does not seem to appear till the very end of the rains. 



74. Cyaniris puspa^ Horsfield. (No. 681 of de Niceville.) 

 This butterfly is common at the beginning of the rains and again 

 towards its close, and throughout the cold weather. The rains form 

 differs much from that of the cold weather, the markings on the 

 underside being very much more pronounced. 



The larva is of the woodlouse form, but not flattened, the ridge 

 being well defined. It looks smooth, but under a microscope is seen 

 to be covered with short white hair. Its colour is green, with a pink 

 longitudinal band along the centre of the back which gradually becomes 

 narrower and disappears as it reaches the tail. The sides are also 

 strongly suffused with pink, the colour of the young leaves of the 

 Jamba (Xylia doldbriformis, Benth.), on which it generally feeds. 

 It may be noted that it also feeds on Cylista scariosa. 



The pupa is short and stout, the thoracic and abdominal portions 

 being about the same height. Its colour varies with its situation, but 

 is generally a brownish-white, much mottled with darker brown, and 

 with a darker band along the thorax, extending along the centre of 

 the abdomen. It is smooth and not covered with* hair. 

 75. Cyaniris Umhatus, Moore. (No. 693.) 

 This is a very common species in the cold weather in the south of 

 the District. We have, however, only found it in the neighbourhood 

 of the ghats there, and have not noticed it elsewhere. 



76. Zizera lysimon, Hiibner. (No. 699.) 

 Common from September onwards along the coast, among short grass. 

 The larva, which feeds on a small vetch {Zornia diphylla), is of the 

 usual form, but narrow, and is not attended by ants ; it is covered 

 with minute light coloured hairs. Colour grass-green, with a lighter 

 maro-iual line. 



