408 On a new Species of Pteromys. 



the forests of the Jungle Mehals and in Singbhoom ; and 

 from the animal not having as yet been described by those 

 best acquainted with the Mammalia of Central and Southern 

 India, it may be conjectured that the Oral is confined to 

 the deep woods of the above mentioned tracts, the natural 

 productions of which have been as yet' very slightly inves- 

 tigated. 



References to Plate XI ; a, fore right paw, inner side ; b, fore sole 



or under side ; c, fore with skin dissected off to shew the articulation 



of the Parachute bone ; d, sole of right hind foot ; e, skull of the Oral ; 



/, under and side view of one of the upper Molars; g, upper incisor ; 



h, lower incisor. 



S. R. TlCKELL. 



On the habits of a species of Hair Streak, belonging to the 

 genus Thecla. By E. T. Downes, Esq. 



I am desirous of ascertaining whether any observations 

 have been made on this side of India, with reference to the 

 caterpillar of the butterfly which is so destructive to the 

 fruit of the pomegranate.* I am induced to call the atten- 

 tion of entomologists to the subject, as my observations 

 regarding its habits do not correspond with a very interest- 

 ing account published in one of the numbers of the Transac- 

 tions of the Entomological Society , although I read the history 

 of it whilst in England. I cannot recollect much of the details, 

 yet I hope sufficient for my present purpose, as a means of 

 contrasting the difference between this and the Madras side, 

 with regard to the situation in which the caterpillar under- 

 goes its transformation. 



The very interesting account from Madras states, that the 

 caterpillar eats its way through the hard skin of the pome- 

 granate, and proceeds to spin a web, connecting the base of 

 the fruit and stalk, which is considered to be a precautionary 

 measure to prevent the falling of the fruit in the event of a 



* Punica Granatum. 



