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with grey. Nilgirica male is reddish-brown, glossed with purple in some 

 lights ; the female is dull smoky blackish. 



The larva of otliona which is the only species bred, is of normal shape 

 except that it has a pair of well-separated, short tail-points ; it is generally 

 red in colour. The pupa is normal. The foodplant is Orchids, the most 

 common being Cottonia, JErides crispum and Rhynchostylis, the flowers 

 generally being eaten. Ants sometimes attend the larvse. 



29. Genus — Thadxjka. 



One species. Size : 1"6" to 1"9" .. .. .. multicaudata. 



Male and female alike on the upperside : brilliant azure-blue, bordered 

 broadly black. 



Larva arrhopaline ; pupa normal. Foodplant : Treivia nudiflora of the 

 Euphorbiacece. The caterpillars are gregarious. 



30. Genus — Zeltus. 



One species. Size: 1-2" to 1-5" .. .. .. etoliis. 



This is not a butterfly of the Plains. The male is black with long feathery 

 white tails ; the female is brown with similar tails. Transformations 

 unknown. 



31. Genus — Rathinda. 



One species. Size : 0'95" to 1'3" . . . . . . amor. 



JS'ot a Plains species either ; though it may be found on the borders. It 

 is sure to be found in all hill stations. 



Larva abnormal with long, dorsal and lateral, fleshy processes; pupa 

 \\]^e th&t oi Tajuria, Cr eon, &c. Foodplant: Ixora, Ovoton, Blachia, Loran- 

 thus, &c., &c. See PI. IL, figs. 27, larva ; 27a, pupa. 



82. Genus — Catapcecilma. 



One species only. Size : 1-1'' to 1-4" , . , . elegans. 



-Male, upperside : dark violet-blue ; female, pale violet-blue, the first bor- 

 dered narrowly black, the second broadly. 



Larva and pupa normal ; very much frequented \>j ants. Foodplant : 

 Tenninalia panicidata of the Combretacece. 



33. Genus — Horaga. 



A. — Underside, both wings : with a broad white, 



oval fascia crossing them. Size : 1"15" to 1"35" . . ony.r. 



B. — Underside : a white spot only on the fore- 

 wing. Size : 0-9" to 1" . . . . . . . . viola. 



Both hill species, found in Kanara. Transformations unknown, at least 

 for the Bombay species. 



34. Genus — Loxxjba. 



Only a single species. Size : 1-25" to 1-8" . . atymmus. (PL II,fig. 



55.) 



Upperside florid orange to saff'ron-yellow with fuscous margins to 

 wings. 



Larva and pupa of the type of Pratapa ; attended by ants. Foodplant: 

 Dioscorea pentapJiylla, one of the Yams. 



35. Genus — Dbudorix. 



One species. Size : 1'4" to 2" .. .. .. epijarbas. 



Male dark orange-scarlet on upperside ; female fuscous-brown ; both 

 with a broad, dark brown border to wings. A fast flier. 



