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size. Colour dark green, sometimes with a brownish tinge, with a thin, 

 dorsal, light yellow line from segments 4 to 12, and a narrow, yellow, 

 supra-spiracular band from the head to the anal end. Length 26 mm., 

 breadth at middle 4*5 mm., breadth at head 2' 25 mm. 



Pupa. Unlike that of any butterfly from the Kanara district, 

 though it somewhat resembles that of Ergolis, but is fixed with its 

 longitudinal axis parallel to the surface to which it is attached like that 

 of Elymnias caudata, Butler ; the ventral line is therefore straight from 

 the head to segment 10, and thence the rest of the pupa is at right-angles 

 to its longitudinal axis ; the front of the pupa seen from above is abso- 

 lutely square, the head ending in a broad straight edge ; the head and 

 segment 2 form a trapezoidal piece, which is broadest transversely to the 

 pupa-length ; the sides or lateral outline of this trapeze being absolutely 

 straight lines ; the dorsal line of the pupa in segments 1 and 2 is slightly 

 convex ; the thorax forms at the shoulders the broadest part of the pupa, 

 sloping out suddenly laterally at an angle of 135° with the lateral line 

 of the head-piece ; the thorax is somewhat convex and highly carinated 

 along the dorsal line, this cari nation starting from the front margin 

 in — seen laterally — an absolute straight line to just before the hinder 

 margin, where it ends abruptly in a somewhat rounded peak ; the dorsal 

 outline falling thus abruptly from the peak to the hinder margin of the 

 thorax ; the dorsal outline of the abdomen starts from segment 3/4 and 

 ascends to a small sharp peak at the margin of segment 5/6, whence it 

 descends gradually in a very slight carination to segment 8/9, and then 

 in a curve of a quarter circle to the cremaster; a thin linear low carina- 

 tion connects the point of the shoulder with the abdominal peak, and 

 the wings are slightly thickened at and behind the shoulders ; the 

 transverse section of the abdomen after the peak is nearly circular; the 

 abdominal peak is somewhat higher than the apex of the thoracic cari- 

 nation, and the straight top of the thoracic carination is at an angle of 

 45° to the longitudinal axis of the pupa. The spiracles of segment 2 are 

 depressed narrow slits, the other spiracles are light, nearly white, ovals 

 facing somewhat forwards. The cremaster is dorsally triangular, and 

 embraces somewhat the last segment, its attachment-surface being 

 considerably longer in the sense of the length of the pupa than its 

 breadth. Colour of pupa light green, with the tops of all the carinations 

 yellow, with a black speck on the abdominal peak ; the surface of the 

 pupa is smooth and somewhat shiny. Length 12*5 mm., breadth at the 

 shoulders 5 mm., breadth at the front of the head just over 3 mm., 

 height at the abdominal peak 6 mm., height at the apex of the thorax 

 5 mm. 



Habits. The eggs are laid on the young shoots and leaves, generally 

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