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66. Catochrtsops cnejds, Fabricius. 

 Hesperia cnejus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst., Suppl., p. 430, n. 100-101 (1798). 



Dr. A. G. Butler in " The Entomologist," vol. xxxiii, p. 1 (1900), 

 places cnejus in Enchrysops, which has the eyes smooth, and strabo in 

 Gatochrysops, as it has the eyes hairy. The larva in Calcutta feeds on 

 Phaseohis, in Orissa on Volichos, and in South India on Ougeinia and 

 Cylista — all Natural Order Leguminosse. 



67. POLTOMMATUS BCETICUS, LiunsSUS. 



Papilio hceticus, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ins., ed. xii, vol. i, pt. 2, p, 789, n. 226 

 (1767) ; Lycaena hcetica, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 461, n. 62. 



The larva in Calcutta feeds on Crotalaria ; in South India on Butea 

 and Gajanus; in Europe on Golutea] and in South Africa on Grotalaria ; 

 and in the Hawaiian Islands on Melilotus — all Natural Order Legu- 

 minosse, 



68. Iraota timoleon, Stoll. 



Papilio timoleon, Stoll, Suppl. Cramer, Pap. Ex., vol. v, p. 146, pi. xxxii, fip:s. 

 4, 4D, female (1790); Deudorix (Iraota) timoleon, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 

 1895, p. 463, n. 72 ; Hesperia msecenas, Fsbbricius, Ent. Syst., vol. iii, pt. 1, p. 271, 

 n. 45 (1793); Theela mxcenas, Westwood, Donovan's Ins. China, new edition, p. 70, 

 pi. xxxix, fig. 2, male (1842); Deudorix {Iraota) mascenas, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 liond., 1895, p. 463, n. 73. 



The larva in South India feeds on three species of Ficus. Natural 

 Order Urticacese ; in Ceylon it feeds on the same plants. 



69. CuRETis ACUTA, Moore. 



Cnretis acuta, Moore, Ann. and Mag of Nat. Hist., fourth series, vol. xx, 

 p. 50 (1877) ; Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 459, n. 56. 



The larva of this butterfly has never been found, but closely-allied 

 species in Calcutta feed on Heynea, Natural Order Meliacese, on Fo7iga- 

 mia and Derris, Natural Order Leguminosse ; and in South India on 

 Ahrus^ Pongamia, Derris, Wagatea and Xylia — all Natural Order Legu- 

 minosse. 



70. Ilerda ph(enicoparyphus, Holland. 



Ilerda phcenicoparyphus, Holland, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. xiv, p. 120 n. 

 52, pi. ii, fig. 1, male (1877). 



This butterfly has never been bred. 



71. C amen a deva, Moore. 



Amhlypodia deva, Moore, Horsfield and Moore, Cat. Lep. Mns. E. I. C, vol. i, p. 

 46, n. 74 (1857). 



The larva in India feeds on Lovanfhus Natural Order Loranthaceae. 



