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some lights tlie band and scaling on both wings is blae. Underside dark sejDia- 

 brown. ForewuKj with the basal area numerously irrorated with pale ochreous scales ; 

 crossed by a broad outer-discal pale ochreous-grey fascia traversed by brown veins 

 and intervening streaks, the fascia decreasing to a point at the posterior angle, the 

 extreme outer apical area being pale brown. Hindivhig with the basal area to the 

 submargin numerously irrorated with pale ochreous scales, these scales being more 

 densely packed within and below the cell ; beyond is an outer-marginal purplish- 

 grey band, traversed by a submarginal complete series of ochreous-red lunules and 

 an anal ocellus, each being outwardly-edged by a black line and inwardly bordered 

 by a bright blue grey-scaled lunule. Body above black ; head and thorax speckled 

 Avith green scales ; palpi white ; collar white spotted ; body beneath dark brown, 

 speckled with ochreous scales ; legs black, femora beneath whitish ; antennae 

 black. 



Female. Upper and underside similar to the male. 



Expanse, cj 4 to 4^, ? 4^ inches. 



Larva. — Adult. Anterior segments scutellated ; a pair of short fleshy tubercles 

 on second segment and a pair on anal segment. Colour green, with a whitish line 

 edging the scutellum, and a whitish lower line from the fifth to anal segment ; the 

 middle and posterior legs also white. 



Pupa. — Much curved backwards, attenuated anteriorly ; head cleft in front ; 

 colour green. 



Habitat. — South India. 



Life Histoky, Habits, etc. — " This butterfly appears to be spi'ead over the 

 "whole district of North Ivanara, affecting cultivated tracts as well as forest, and is 

 by no means rare in some parts ; but it is one of the most difiicult butterflies to come 

 by. It usually flies very high and fast, and seldom alights or hovers over flowers. 

 When caught, if not already broken, it often contrives to break off a goodly bit of 

 one wing in the net. We had loug been sure that it laid its eggs on Zantlwxijlum 

 lihefsa, and at last, on September 24th, 1892, we got one larva. This died two 

 days later, but we had got on the scent now, and hunted every accessible leaf of 

 every known tree within some miles of Karwar. To realize the difliculties of the 

 search, it must be remembered that the ' Tirphal ' tree is studded with thorns on 

 every branch and twig and all down the stem to the roots, while the principal 

 boughs will scarcel}' bear the weight of a man. Add that the caterpillar rests 

 ]notionless on the upperside of a leaf, which is of exactly the same shade of gi'een as 

 itself, and that it is slightly speckled with a paler shade in imitation of the effect 

 produced on the leaf by minute insects eating away the soft tissue. However, with 

 the aid of ladders we got four larva?, of which we succeded in rearing three. Next 

 year we did not find any, but in 1894 the butterfly was unusually common, and we 



