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85. Nacaduha noreia^ Felder=^ar^ai(?.?, Moore. (Nos. 724 & 730.) 

 This butterfly, here always tailed, is XQvy common near Karwar. 

 The underside of the male is grey, while that of the female is rich 

 fawn. We have reared many larvaj on the flowers of Acacia ccesia. 

 They resemble those of N. atrata^ Horsfield (described below), the 

 segments being very distinctly marked, but differ in being much 

 smaller, and having the hinder margin of each segment dorsally 

 bordered broadly by bright yellow. The pupa is indistinguishable except 

 by size from that of N. atrata. 



86. Nacaduba 'plumheomicans, Wood-Mason & de Niceville. 

 (No. 727.) 



This butterfly, which resembles a small washed-out N. atraia^ 

 Horsfield, is fairly common in Karwar. 



We have bred it on Wagatea spicata only. The larva is also similarly 

 shaped to that of N. atrata^ but the segments are not so clearly 

 defined. It is pale green with a dark or reddish line on the 

 back, and a faint yellowish line on each side. The pupa difl'ers 

 from iV. atrata by being narrower, and the markings not so well 

 defined. 



87. Nacaduha atrata, Horsfield. (No. 725.) 



This is the commonest of the small blues in the district, and is 

 found at all seasons and everywhere. Its larva, which feeds on 

 Emhelia rohusta, is of the usual woodlouse form; the back is elevated, 

 and the segments most distinctly defined ; the anal segment is 

 flattened ; the back ^orms a distinct ridge ; the colour is green, but 

 there is a purple line along the ridge of the back ; the other segments 

 are also edged with the same colour. The head is small, amber- 

 coloured, with a darker border. 



The pupa is short and stout, constricted slightly between the thorax 

 and abdomen, and has slight traces of a ridge along the back. In 

 colour it is a dingy greenish-brown, powdered with black. There 

 is an interrupted dark band along the middle of the back, and also 

 spots of blackish on the abdominal segments and just beyond the wing 

 covers and on the sides of the thorax. It is smooth and only fastened 

 at the tail, parallel with the leaf to which it is attached. The larva 

 and pupa appear on Plate lY, figures 2 and 2a. 



