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Fig. 17, PI. VIII is from a $ taken in August; Fig. 30 of the same plate is the upperside 
of a $ taken in September. On the underside the sexes are very similar. 
Everes putli, Kollar 
This tiny butterfly is fairly common here, but local; sometimes very abundant where it 
occurs—chiefly in the neighbourhood of the foodplant of its larva. It seldom takes a long flight 
and keeps close to the surface of the ground, flying erratically and swiftly, going over the same 
ground again and again, in full view or suddenly disappearing according to the light. It is much 
addicted to flowers and visits all the small blossoms amongst the low herbage it usually frequents, 
often in company with Zizera maha . It seems to like the hot sunshine of an open hill-side. 
The sexes are practically alike—dark brown on the upperside, and with the underside 
pale brown or ochreous, the spots darker and edged with whitish, so that they are very distinct. 
There are four or five large black spots on the outer margin of the hindwing, edged with orange or 
dark yellow, and with greenish-silvery scales at the lower side of the spots. Outside these black 
spots, one at each end of the row, are two spots formed by greenish-silvery scales. I have only 
taken this species from July to December inclusive. It usually feeds at flowers with open wings, 
and often rests for a short time with open or half-open wings. 
Fig. 25, PI. VIII is from a $ taken in October. 
Egg, sub-globular, greenish; laid singly on the underside of leaves of the foodplant of the 
larva, Indigofera hirsuta , Linn., Nat. Ord. Leguminosce> a plant common over the tropics of 
the Old World. 
Larva, green, pubescent, with a darker green dorsal line, each side of which is an interrupt¬ 
ed whitish line. One lateral whitish line each side just above the legs. The larvae are of the 
usual limaciform type, and rest on the underside of the leaves, the green of the body being exactly 
concolorous with that of the plant. 
Pupa, green, pale on the underside, brighter on the dorsal surface, which is sparsely covered 
with short whitish hairs. Attached by the tip of the abdomen, with a girdle round the middle. 
Everes argiades, Pallas 
Form parrhasius , Fabr. Not a common insect here, and occurring sporadically, but to 
be found in gardens, waste ground and on grassy slopes; I have, however, taken it in various 
localities, but never in any numbers. Walker says this butterfly is very common in the Chusan 
islands. 
The $, which will be subsequently figured in black-and-white, from a specimen taken in 
August, is dark brown on the upperside, with two large black anal spots on the upperside of the 
hindwing, coloured at the top with orange; both spots are on the outside of the u tail.” The un¬ 
derside is white, with two large orange patches on the hindwing, a black spot near the bottom of 
