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The illustrations of the larvte and pupge of G. Core on our Plate 23 are from the 

 following sources. Figure 1 is from the original drawings made in Malabar by Mr. S. 

 N. Ward, and which was accompanied by the drawing of the perfect insect. Figure la 

 is from the original drawings made in Madras for Sir Walter Elliot in 1853, 

 feeding on Gryftolepis])auc/iflora. These two figures are given, in the original drawings, 

 with the figures of male and female imago of C. Core. 



Habits AND Food Plants of Laeva. — " Feeds on the leaves of the common oleander 

 (Nerium odorum). Habits solitary and slow. Went into chrysalis August 14th. 

 Imago emerged August 21st" {Ghaumette ; Lucknow). "Common on the Malabar 

 coast, where it mostly feeds on the oleander. The chrysalis is very much affected by 

 parasites of different kinds, and are often found with a round hole from which they 

 have escaped" {Ward, MS. Notes). In Madras, Sir Walter Elliot reared the 

 larvse on Cryptole2ns pauciflora and on Ficus indica, the pupa being formed on 

 August 27th, and the imago emerging on September 3rd {Elliotts MS. Notes). 

 Dr. Leith, who reared this insect in Bombay, has furnished me with the following 

 Note, which is somewhat different from that given above by Capt. Ghaumette : — 

 " Larva \\ inch long ; cylindrical, with four pairs of fleshy spines, the points of 

 which it can curve ; above dove-colour, with numerous transverse narrow and lighter 

 streaks, and here and there a little yellow ; two rows of black dots along each side, 

 those of one row alternating with those of the other, the lower row on a white band 

 that extends along each side. When alarmed it arches its anterior segments, and 

 draws its head under them. Pupa suspended by posterior end ; ovate, a little con- 

 tracted in the middle ; sculptured and metalloid as if of burnished gold, with bead- 

 like white longitudinal markings on the round posterior end. Pupa, August 14th;' 

 Imago, August 23rd; ditto, September 4th, and Imago, September 12th." Mr. B. 

 H. Aitken, in ,Tourn. Bombay Natural History Society, 1886, p. 128, writes: — "In 

 Bombay this insect feeds on the oleander, but on the hills I have found the larvae on 

 the wild fig {Ficus glomerata). The larva, like those of all the Euploeinfe, rests on 

 the underside of the leaf, a position which exposes it to the notice of birds ; but it 

 affects no concealment, and is evidently not edible. The pupa, like a nugget of 

 burnished silver, seems designed to attract attention." 



Habits of Imago. — " Is fond of frequenting gardens, where it hovers about from 

 one plant to another. It is easy in its flight, and is to be found on the wing from July 

 to November at Lucknow " {Ghaumette). According to Mr. E. H. Aitken (Journ. 

 Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 18S6, p. 128) " this insect is a great traveller, as indeed are 

 all the Euploeinse. They are often to be seen crossing Bombay Harbour from one 

 island to another, and it is a curious question whether they see the land in the 

 distance, or go on in the ' spirit of Columbus.' " 



Distribution and Habits. — According to Col. A. M. Lang (Entom. M. Mag. 1864, 



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