TILE COMMON BUTTERFLIES OF THE PLAINS OF INDIA. 491 



The colour of the males upperside is dark slaty-purple, the female dark 

 brown with the disc whitish, suffused with blue in both species ; the 

 undersides are light brownish with darker bands defined by whitish lines, of 

 ardateg the ground-colour is sometimes fawn. 



Larvae and pupse normal, the former attended by ants. Foodplants : 

 Acacia in the case of ardates, mainly the flowers being eaten ; Embelia 

 robusta for the other. 



12. Genus — Jamides. 



A. — Upperside : brilliant blue in the male, paler 

 and not brilliant in the female ; both wings with 



a brown border. Size : 1'25" to I'o" . . . . bocJius, (PL G, jigs. 



41c?,41a$.) 

 B. — Upperside : pale bluish-white in both sexes, 



with dark-brown borders. Size: 1" to 1-6" .. celeno. (PL G, figs. 



42 d , 42a 5 .) 

 There is another species, like celeno but with a wash of brilliant blue 

 over the white, called elpis, found in the hills of Western India : the larva 

 feeds upon cardamoms. Both bochus and celeno are Plain species. 



LarvEe and pupee normal ; attended by ants occasionally. Foodplants : 

 Leguminosece, generally the flowers. 



13. Genus — Catachrysops. 



A. — Fore wing, underside : a dot on costa between 



discocellulars and postdiscal band of spots. 



Size : 1" to 1-5" strabo. ( PI. G, figs. 



44cJ,44«$.) 

 B, — Fore wing, underside : no such dot on costa. 



a. Hind wing upperside : two distinct black 

 ocelli just inside margin near tornus. 



Size : 1" to 1-3" . . . . cnejus. {PI. G, figs. 



50 cJ , 50a $ .) 



b. Hind wing, upperside : only one of these 

 ocelli distinct, rarely both. Size : 0-9" to 



1"25" . . . . . . . . . . . . pandava. 



Are all three common Plain insects, but are found also in the jungles 

 and hills. The first two are light-greyish on the underside, pandava rather 

 dark brownish ; upperside in the males of the first two is pale violet or pale 

 purplish, of the females brown, the disc in strabo female being whitish, the 

 base shot with blue in the females of both species ; upperside of male 

 pandava lavender-blue, female like that of cnejus. 



Larvse and pupee normal, attended by ants generally ; foodplant : Legumi- 

 nosece, such plants as i?Miea/rora6?osa, Acacia, &c., generally, the flowers being 

 eaten ; but the larvae of strabo are found on other things also. Figured on 

 PI. II, figs. 21, larva 21a, pupa of cnejus. 



14. Genus — Tarucus. 



A. — Underside of hind wing : a continuous line 

 bordering the terminal row of spots on the 

 inside. 



a. Underside, hind wing : the terminal row of spots 



all metallic blue. Size : O'S" to to 1-20" . . theophrastus. (PI. G, 



figs. 51 d, 51a ? .) 



b. Underside, hind wing : the terminal row of 



spots dark brown. Size : 0-8" to 1-2" .. plinius (PI. G, figs. 



45 S, 45a $ .) 



