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148. Teracolus amatus, Fabricius. 

 We have described the larva aiad pupa of this in our former paper 

 under the name of T. cyprcea, Fabricius, which latter Captain Watson 

 iias shown in his paper quoted above to be a synonym of T. amatus 

 (Journal Bombay Natural History Society, Vol. V, p. 359, n. 59, 

 1890). In all respects it seems to us to stand very near to Terias. 

 In its food it is eccentric, choosing a curious tree which we believe 

 almost forms a natural order of its own — Salvadora persica. The tree 

 is found in certain spots, often on the sea-shore, but sometimes far 

 inland where there chances to be salt in the soil. The butterfly is 

 found near the tree and nowhere else. We have found larvae in May 

 and November. The females are sometimes white instead of the usual 

 salmon-colour. 



149. T. etrida, Boisduval. 



This can scarcely be called a Canara butterfly, though we have seen 

 one specimen in the district. We described its transformation in our 

 fomier paper (Journal Bombay Natural History Society, Vol. V., 

 p. 359, n. 58, 1890). The larva and pupa of the nearly-allied 

 T. eucharis, Fabricius, are of the Nepheronia type. 



150. Ixias pyrene, Linnseus. 



We have met with this at a place half-way up the ghat on the road 

 to the Gairsoppa Falls, and doubtless it may be found on the skirts 

 of the district elsewhere, but one of the first things that strike a 

 collector in the Canara forests is the absence of this and its sister 

 I. marianne^ Cramer, both so common in other parts of the Presidency. 

 All the specimens we have seen from this district belong to the form 

 J» singalensis, Moore. 



We have bred /, marianne elsewhere, but not I, pyfene ; the larva 

 and pupa of the former and therefore doubtless of this are of the 

 Nepheronia type. 



151. Hehomoia glaucippe, Linnseus. 



This grand butterfly occurs in most parts of the district from 

 September or OctoboT till May. It is rare on the coast, but common 

 on rocky islands not far from the shore, in which a prominent feature 

 of the vegetation is a climbing caper ( Capparis Moonii^ Wight) with 

 large, showy flowers, on which it lays its eggs. It is also fond of a tree 

 belonging to the same order which grows in the beds of mountain 



