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alternate bands of very light and dark green. It feeds on the young thorny shoots of 

 Acacia pennata, "Willd. 



Pupa. — Fastened only by the tail, short and stout, with the head slightly pointed 

 and the thorax higher than the abdomen, it is of an almost uniform dark brown. 



AMBLYPODIA ANITA, Hewitson (p. 137). 

 Plate 705, A, figs. 3, larva, 3a, pupa. 



Larva. — A very striking object, it is of the woodlouse form, and large for the size 

 of the butterfly ; the segments are well defined, giving the back and sides a serrated 

 outline ; the colour is an oily yellow with a broad, dorsal, electric-blue line (a colour it 

 is impossible to paint), not extending to the last segment, a sub-dorsal line on each 

 side of a similar colour, but narrower, and not extending to the last two segments, and 

 a similar lateral narrower line ; head small and of a clear transparent brown devoid of 

 markings. The second segment projects and is cloven in the middle, acting as a shield 

 to the head ; the legs, feet, and lower parts are yellowish-green. It feeds on young 

 shoots of Olaj- scandens, Rox. 



Pupa. — Thick, broad, and of a rough texture ; it has no protuberances, and is fixed 

 by the tail (which is short and broad) along a leaf, the thoracic band being very fine ; 

 in colour it is whitish-brown, slightly tinged with purple. It has two faint, 

 interrupted bands extending from the tail obliquely to the thorax ; it is also mottled 

 with brown round the thorax. 



ARHOPALA CORUSCANS, Wood-Mason and de NiceviUe (p. 149). 

 Plate 705, A, figs. 4, larva, 4a, pupa. 

 Arhopala ceniaurus, Davidson, Bell and Aitken. 



Larva. — Found from June to October on Terminalia paniculata, one of the 

 commonest jungle trees in Canara, has the usual woodlouse form, the head being 

 concealed under the 2nd sesrment, and the sides extendinoj bevond the legs, but it is 

 proportionally longer and flatter than most of the family, and the last two segments 

 are much depressed. There are a few strong, black bristles about each spiracle, and 

 below these a fringe of similar bristles skirtincr the whole outline of the insect as seen 

 from above. There is a honey gland on the 11th segment, but we saw no signs of 

 erectile organs on the 12th. The colour varies a little, but is usually green below and 

 on the sides, the whole back being of a fine, reddish-brown, very prettily marked with 

 darker and lighter shades. 



PcPA. — Stout and broad, with the thorax humped, and the under-surface very flat. 

 The last segment is peculiarly prolonged and expanded : to describe it appropriately a 

 Greek word is required signifying, — having-the-form-of-a-horse's-hoo£ By this alone 

 the pupa is firmly attached to a strong web of silk in a loose, half-open, leaf-cell. 



