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159. H. remha, Moore. 

 Captaiu E. Y. Watson considers this to be a local race of K nadina^ 

 Lucas = H. nama, Moore ; but it is such a very well-marked form 

 that it deserves a distinct name. In its rainy-season dress it is a very 

 richly-coloured butterfly, the female being moye black than white on the 

 upperside, and on the underside rich greenish-yellow mingled with 

 smoky -brown. It is a forest butterfly and is found wherever there 

 is heavy forest at all seasons. The larva and pupa are scarcely 

 distinguishable from those of the last species and feed on the same 

 plants. 



160. Belenois mesentina, Cramer. 



With this species we have completed the circle and got near 

 to Delias eucharis, Drury, again. It feeds on capers, but in the 

 form of the larva and pupa shows a decided approximation to those of 

 D. eucharis. The larva is cylindrical and sparingly clothed with long 

 white hairs springing from small tubercles. It is rather a handsome 

 creature, coloured yellow-ochre and purplish-brown. The pupa, 

 which is green and yellow, is more like that of D. eucharis than the 

 preceding species. The butterfly is not common in Canara generally, 

 but we have met with it at the northern end of the coast, on the 

 borders of the Portuguese territory (in which it is plentiful), and also, 

 curiously enough, on one of those rocky islands which we have 

 mentioned as being much affected by H. glaucippe^ Linnseus. The 

 larvse are gregarious throughout their existence, the eggs being laid 

 in batches of from ten to forty. 



Sub-family PAPiLiONiNiE. 



In our former paper we arranged the butterflies of this sub-family 

 in four groups according to the form and food of the larva, and we will 

 adhere to the same plan here. 



The eggs of this sub-family are spherical, smooth, red or green in 

 colour, often blotched with yellow or red respectively, this blotchiness 

 being due to a waxy accretion ; the green eggs soon become yellow ; 

 the red eggs, which are orange when first laid, only occur in the 

 Ornithoptera group, and characterise it. The egg is generally laid on 

 the ypung shoots, which the larva, emerging, eats ; in the case of 

 P. abrisa, Kirby, however, the egg is Ij^id low down on the tree 



