'THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE NORTH CANJ^RA DISTRICT. 379 



97. Castalius rosimon^ Fabricius. (No. 759.) 

 This is fairly common througliout the year, but much more so m 

 the cold weather. Its larva, which feeds on Ziziphus jujuha, is of a 

 rough texture, as if shagreened all over. It is of the usual woodlouse 

 form, much flattened towards the anal segment, which is very broad ; 

 liead concealed ; colour bright green, with a double, dorsal, yellov/ line, 

 and the sides powdered vv'ith small yellow spots. 



The pupa is fastened by the tail along a leaf horizontally (the band 

 across the thorax being very lax). It is much contracted at the thorax, 

 while the abdominal portion is large and rounded, and much higher 

 ihan the thorax. It is of a bright green, with faint yellow bands on 

 the abdomen and two or three black spots there. It also shows traces 

 ■of a darker band in the centre of the abdomen. 



^^. Castalius ananda, de Niceville. (No. 760.) 

 A very local butterflyj but common v/here it occurs. We have 

 taken it abundantly on the coast North of Karwar near the Goa 

 frontier, in various other places in the opener jmigles below the ghats, 

 «ind also along the ridge of the ghats. 



The larva, which like that <jf C. rosimon^ Fabricius, feeds only on the 

 parenchyma of the leaf, is of the usual woodlouse form, slightly flattened ; 

 liead concealed in the second segment ; surface more or less rough ; 

 a fringe of long v/hite bristles all round, with an erected ridge of 

 ■similar bristles along the back from the 2nd segment j those on the 

 ■3rd to 7th segments, and the last two much longer than the others ; 

 those on the 2nd segment very few, short and ^lack. It has a con- 

 spicuous gland on the 12th segment, and is -attended by a small species 

 of ant of the genus Cremastog aster. Its colour is pale green, the dorsal 

 portion of the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and last two segments being park 

 brown, whil€ the centre segments are almost yellow with a darker 

 'dorsal line. We found it feeding on Zizyphus xylepyrus^ and also on 

 Loranthus, where it was also attended by Cremastogaster ants. 



The pupa is of the usual Castalius form, but narrow and slightly 

 flattened. It is intensely glossy, as if covered with gum. It varies 

 in colour, being sometimes black, at others green with inconstant 

 black markings. The larva and pupa are figured on Plato fIV, 

 #gures 3 and 3a. 

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