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242. Baoius (Chapra) ma thi as, Fabrieius. 

 Oryza sativa, Linn. [Qraminese). 



Grasses (Gramiuese). 



243. Udaspgs folus, Cramer. 

 Curcuma Amada, Roxb. # (Scitamiuese). 

 Ksempferia pandurata, Roxb. (Scitamiuese). 

 Hedychium coronarium, Koenig (Scitamiuese). 

 Amomum micro stephanum, Baker (Scitamiuese). 



244. NOTOCRYPTA FEISTHAMELII, Boisduval. 



Curcuma Amada, Roxb. (Scitamiuese). 



Hedychium coronarium, Kcem'g (Scitamiuese). 



Amomum microstephauum, Baker (Scitamiuese). 



In the second Kanara paper ( p. 62) the larva of this species is said 

 to feed on u Maranta." That genus of plants is not kept distinct by Sir 

 J. D. Hooker, but appears in the synonymy of several genera of the 

 Scitamiuese in conjunction with various species of plants. Messrs. 

 .Davidson, Bell and Aitken give N. restricta, Moore, as a species distinct 

 from N. feisthamelii, and describe the transformations of both. From 

 these descriptions the larvae would appear to differ considerably in the 

 two species, and feed on different plants, N. feisthnmalii on Amomum, 

 and N. restricta on Curcuma. Further observations on the subject are 

 very desirable, as Messrs. Ehves and Edwards (I.e., p. 239) unite the 

 two. Typically the imagines are quite distinct, but intermediate ex- 

 amples are apparently common. Mr. Bell maintains stoutly that the 

 two species are distinct. 



245. Sancds pulligo, Mabille. 



Amomum microstephauum, Baker (Scitamiuese). 



Mr. Bell says that the larvae of Sanctis pulligo and Notocrypta 

 feisthamelii, Boisduval, can hardly be distinguished, but that the larvae 

 of N '. feisthamelii and N. restricta, Moore, cannot be, with care, mistaken 

 the one for the other. 



butterflies from the Western Himalayas and Kashmir, with the food- 

 plants of their larvse. 



1. Vanessa cardui, Linnaeus. 

 Carduus sp. (C om posit se). 



* In the second Kanara paper, p. 62, the food-plant of this species is said to 

 be Curcuma aromatica, Salisb., which is an incorrect identification. 



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