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inside the nest with the pupa, except during pupation and for a short time afterwards ; they may 
make occasional visits, however. No doubt the safety of the pupa is well assured from the fact of 
being concealed in what to all appearance is an inhabited ant’s nest ; few creatures would willingly 
disturb them, except woodpeckers and some few habitual feeders on ants. There is but one fairly 
common species of woodpecker here, and considering the abundance of large ants’ nests in trees it 
is not probable that these birds molest the small leaf-nests in bushes and undergrowth occupied by 
Spin das is pupae. 
The pupa is dark shiny brown and yellow-brown, much like that of Gerydus chinensis , 
both in size and shape, but the tip of the abdomen, instead of being abruptly truncate, as in 
Gerydus , is blunt and rounded, and on the underside is a roughened sub-circular patch furnished 
with microscopic bristles, which aid the adhesion of the silk by which the pupa is affixed to one of 
the walls of the leaf-shelter. There is no band round the middle. The tubulures of the larva are 
represented by two slight scars in the pupa. Sometimes, if the larva can find a suitable leaf 
shrivelled into a rough tube (as the rather thick and fleshy leaves of the foodplants often are) it 
lines the interior with a loose-textured web of silk and constructs its own shelter. 
Tajuria jangala, Horsf. 
Not by any means a common insect here, and although it occurs sporadically at almost 
any time of the year, seems to be more numerous in the autumn. The habits of this butterfly 
resemble those of Deudorix and Iraota , but it is perhaps scarcely so swift in flight. It is fond of 
wooded localities, resting on foliage generally with closed but sometimes open wings. It does not 
seem particularly fond of flowers, though Commander Walker seems to have taken most of his 
Hongkong specimens at Poinsettia flowers, in January and December ; and I have taken it at 
Lantana. 
Fig. 12, PI. VIII is from a ? taken in July ; the J on the upperside resembles the but 
the expanse of blue is much greater in both wings, and is of a deep, shining blue, whilst that of the 
$ tends to purple. Beneath, both sexes are very similar. 
Tajuria cippus, Fabr. 
The longinus of various authors. A common but rather local species, generally to be 
found in fair numbers where it occurs, especially in the neighbourhood of the foodplant of the 
larva. It frequents bushy ground and the outskirts of woods, and has a rapid flight, especially in 
the $. I have taken it every month from March to December inclusive, and it probably occurs 
throughout the year. The J is a most brilliant insect on the upperside, a bright cobalt blue, but 
the extent of this metallic blue varies individually, though there seems to be scarcely any variation 
of the underside. This butterfly is fond of the flowers of some special trees and shrubs, but does 
not generally frequent garden flowers or Lantana. 
Fig. 7, PI. VIII is from a $ taken in August ; Fig. 11 of the same plate from a ? of 
October; Fig, 9, PI. IX the upperside of a J taken in August, with a broader black margin 
