1900.] L. de Niceville— Butterflies of the Kanara District. 261 



Derris Heyneana, Benth. (Leguminosse). 



Dr. Chr. Anrivillius in the above-cited paper renames the Hasora 

 alexis of Butler, but not of Fabricius — Hasora butleri. Messrs. Elwes 

 and Edwards in Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., vol. xiv, p. 301 (1897), cite 

 Moore's figure of Parata alexis in Lep. Cey. as a synonym of Hasora 

 chromus, Cramer, = H. alexis, Fabricius, but make no reference to 

 Fabricius' original description or Butler's figure of H. alexis. The very 

 broad, clearly defined, discal, white band of the hindwing on the 

 underside will separate H. butleri from H. alexis. 



Larva. The exact type of Hasora (Parata) alexis, Fabricius. Head 

 from in front nearly circular, slightly, though distinctly, indented on 

 the vertex ; under a lens the surface is irregularly rugose, covered 

 sparsely, with the exception of the upper part of the face and the 

 vertex, with long, fine, erect, white hairs ; colour very dark brown, with 

 reddish jaws ; the head is shiny, small for the body as compared with 

 other hesperids. Segment 2 is narrower than the head, and is shiny 

 dark brown, with a double, dorsal, greenish line and some long hairs as 

 on the head. Segment 3 as broad as the head from the front margin. 

 The larva is fat and greasy-looking, thickest about segments 6 to 9, 

 after which its diameter decreases very gradually to the broadly rounded, 

 sloping, anal segment. The transverse section of the body is circular. 

 The spiracles are very small, oval in shape, yellow. The surface of the 

 body is sparselv hairy, the hairs are fine, long, erect and white, most 

 thickly disposed round the margin of the larva ; otherwise the larva is 

 quite smooth. Colour green, suffused dorsally as far as a lateral yellow 

 line with rather dark violet ; a dorsal, dark green line bordered by a 

 yellow line on each side, and a subdorsal line of the same colour, so 

 .that there are four parallel dorsal lines altogether ; a marginal yellow 

 line; all these lines are not continued onto the yellowish-green anal 

 segment ; a black spot laterally just outside the subdorsal line on 

 segments 6,8, 10 and 12; this spot under a lens is velvety- looking. 

 The ventrum is green. Length 32 mm. when the larva is walking, 

 breadth 63 mm. at the broadest part, height 6*3 mm. 



Pupa. The exact counterpart of that of H. alexis in shape and 

 colour. A very slight boss between the eyes, a small oblong space just 

 above the boss and between the bases of the antennas, just touching these 

 bases and not reaching the front margin of segment 2, dark brown-green 

 in colour consequent on being free from the white powder which covers 

 the whole pupa. Spiracles oval and black. The whole surface of the body 

 is rather sparsely pitted and covered with rather long, fine, white hairs, 

 which are semi-adpressed to the surface, these hairs spring from the pits, 

 one from each, and are densest on the eyes. The cremaster is short, 



