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118. Aphnoius lohita, Horsfield. (No. 910.) 

 This species is also abundant, especially in the early rains, in the 

 neighbourhood of Karwar. Its caterpillar, which feeds on Dioscorea 

 and Xylia, and also on "kindal" and on the guava, is shaped like that 

 of Arhopala^ but more rounded, very soft and velvety, and with lonoish 

 hairs on the sides ; the head is large and square, and the anal segment 

 protected by a hard, flat, glossy plate, and there are two short processes 

 on the 12th segment as in A, vulcanus^ Fabricius. In colour the head 

 and anal cover are glossy brown, the rest of the body being dark green 

 with a broken white band upon each side, or dark brown mottled with 

 lighter shades. 



The pupa is of the Arhopala type, but much narrowed : the back 

 is ridged, but not sharply so, and the head blunt. In colour it is 

 dark glossy brown. It is fastened by the extremity only, along a leaf. 



The larva and pupa are figured on Plate V, figures 3 and 3a. 

 119. ApJmceus concanus, Moore. (No. 911.) 



We have specimens of this butterfly, named by Mr. de Niceville, 

 all taken towards the end of the rains or during the cold weather. 

 We consider it is probably the cold weather form of ^. lohita.^ Horsfield, 

 though it looks very diflferent. 



120. Tajuria indra, Moore. (No. 926.) 



A distinctly scarce species, though noticed at Karwar occasionally 

 throughout the rains and at various places above and along the ridge 

 of the ghats in the hot and cold weather. 



The larva, which feeds on Lorantlms elasticus, preferring the flowers, 

 is in form like that oV T. longinus, Fabricius, but all the segments are 

 well defined and slightly elevated in the middle. The third and fourth 

 segments are slightly larger than the others, but not nearly to the 

 same extent as in T, longinus. Colour a uniform dark brown, often 

 suffused with grey, with the exception of the third and fourth 

 segments, which are sometimes light brown on the back. 



The pupa, which is fastened by the anal extremity along a leaf, is like 

 that of r, longinus^ but smooth on the thorax, with four abdominal ridges; 

 head square ; colour chiefly brown, but the wing-covers are greenish, and 

 the abdomen has a greenish ground marked with pinkish-brown, while 

 the thorax has some white markings. When looked at from above, it 

 has the appearance of a human head, like the pupas of the genus Spalfitr'" 



The larva and pupa are figured in Plate V, figures 4 and 4a. 



