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h. Underside : greyish- white with, on the hind 

 wing, these spots only slightly traceable. 



Size : 1" to I'l" uranus. 



These are true butterflies of the Plains, never, 

 seemingly, being found anywhere in jungles. They 

 are all blue on the uppersides in the males and 

 brown in the females. Ubaldus has, in the male, a 

 patch of specialized scales on the disc of the fore- 

 wing ; uranus is probably only a seasonal form of it. 



Larvae and pupae normal. The f oodplant is Acacia 

 indica, a species of the Plains. The larvse are attend- 

 ed by ants. 



7. Genus — Chilades. 



A. — Hind wing, underside : with a row of, at least 



three, nearly marginal, perfectly round, black 



ocelli sprinkled with metallic scales, often an 



ochreous patch near tornus. Size : "07" to 1" . . trochilus. 



B. — Hind wing, underside : with no such ocelli. 



Size: 1-10" to 1-26" laius. 



Laius is blue on the upperside in the male, in the female only at the base 

 of the wings generally ; trochilus always dark silvery brown. 



Larvse of both species normal as well as the pupse. The larvee of laius 

 feeds on limes, of the other on Keliotropum {ScrophulariacecB) and Legu- 

 minosece : vetches, and are attended by ants as a general rule. 



8. Genus — Talicada. 



Only one species. Size : 1'30" to 1-60'' . . . . nyseus {PI. G,fig. 49). 



A not uncommon insect though somewhat local. 



Larva and pupa normal; foodplant : Bryophyllum calycinum of the 

 Crassulacece ; the larva feeds inside the fleshy leaves and is sometimes 

 attended by ants. 



9. Genus — Lyc^enesthes. 



A. — Hind wing, underside : with a white-ringed well 

 defined dark spot near base below the costa. 

 Size: I'l" to 1-25" . . . . . . . . . , lyccenina. 



B. — Hind wing, underside : no such spot. Size : I'l" 



to 1"3" . . . . . . . . , . . . emolus. 



Both these butterflies are hill species and may possibly be met with at 

 the Hill stations on the Western Ghats. 



Larvse and pupge normal. Larvse attended by the common Eed Ant 

 {Q^ophylla smaragdina, F.). Foodplants : Wagatea spicata and Acacia 

 pennata for the former ; Cassia, Saraca, Keynea trijuga and Nephelium Litchi 

 for the latter. 



10. Genus — Evekes. 



Only one species, found everywhere, most common- 

 ly away from jungles. Colour blue of some shade, 

 occasionally nearly completely brown in the female 

 on upperside. Size : 0'9" to 1"2" . . . . . . argiades. 



Larva and pupa normal. Foodplant : Laguminoseee. 



11. Genus — Nacadtjba. 



A. — Expanse under 1" . , . , . , . . ardates. 



B. — Expanse over 1".. .. ., .. ., atrata. (PL G, figs. 



43 c? , 43a! $ .) 



