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by a band, generally to a vertical surface, with the head upwards. It is moderately 

 stout, with a short snout, two small tubercles on the head, a sharp but not prominent 

 dorsal ridge on the thorax, continued in a row of tubercles on the abdominal 

 segments ; below these are two partial subdorsal rows ; colour bright yellow ; 

 tubercles and a row of spots defining the wing cases black. Large numbers are 

 destroyed by a Dipterous parasite, very like a common house-fly " (J. Davidson 

 and E. H. Aitken, I.e. p. 358). 



The late Mr. S. JN". Ward, in his MS. Notes on Kanara butterflies, writes, " The 

 larva of P. Eucharis is social in its habits, and feeds on the HihisGUs chinensis. 

 Remains in the pupa state about ten days, head upwards." 



DiSTEiBUTiON.- — Mr. W. Doherty records it " from Almora, Ranibagh, at from 

 1,000 to .5,000 feet elevation, in Kumaon " (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1886, 1 35). Capt. H. B. 

 Hellard obtained it at " Allahabad " (MS. Notes). Mr. P. W. Mackinnon records it 

 as being " very common in the Dehra Dun, from July to February " (J. Bombay 

 N. H. S. 1898, 586). Capt. A. M. Lang records its capture in " Oudh and Umballa " 

 in the Plains (Ent. Mo. Mag. 18G4, 102). Capt. H. L. Chaumette, in his MS. Notes 

 writes, " This butterfly may be seen in Lucknow, Oudh, in numbers, towards the 

 close of the year to March, at which latter period it will be seen flying round the 

 Mango trees in search of the parasitic plant {Loranfhus longiflora) on which to deposit 

 its eggs." Capt. Chaumette also records it "very common at Saugor, also in 

 Calcutta, and from Bombay to Saugor. Flies from December to August" (Ent. M. 

 Mag. 1865, 37). Col. C. Swinhoe found it "common everywhere in Bombay and the 

 Dekkan all the year round. The larva feed on Santalum album, length one and a 

 half inch, colour greenish-brown. Pupa pale yellow, spotted, with black, suspended 

 by a thread round the body ; they are much troubled by the Ichneumon, and of 15 

 pupge found on a gate-post at Poena, only one had escaped, the Ichneumon larvae 

 being clearly visible through the skin of the j^upa, there being from 2 to 7 larvae in 

 each pupa" (P. Z. S. 1885, 189). Dr. R. W. Forsayeth writes, " Mhow, November 

 22nd; found one larva of this butterfly just fastened up, and about to change to 

 pupa. The pupae are, however, generally found on leaves of Bidea frondosa. The 

 pupte are fastened by a thoracic brace and a caudal ligature to the underside of 

 leaves, and are of two colours " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1884, 385). Messrs. Davidson and 

 Aitken record it as " very common in Kanara District of Bombay at all seasons, 

 except during the two or three months when the rainfall is heaviest" (J. Bombay 

 N. H. S. 96, 569). Capt. E. Y. Watson took it in Mysore, at Arsikari, Kadur, and 

 Kathlekan, in November ; also at Sagar in January " (J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. 1890, 8). 

 Mr. G. F. Hampson obtained it in the " Nilgiris at 1,000 to 7,000 feet" (J. As. Soc. 

 Beng. 1888, 363). Mr. H. S. Ferguson found it " very common in Travancore, both 

 in the low country and up to 3,000 feet in the Hills" (J. Bomb. N. H. S. 1891, 445). 

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