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The beautiful oak leaf butterflies of the genus Kallima deserve 
mention, though only one can doubtfully find a place in our plains 
fauna. Every butterfly collector is familiar with these, as every visitor 
to the Museums of London or Calcutta should be. Kallima inachus, 
Boisd., is the common hill form, found wherever there is sufficient 
moisture and forest, as at Pachmarhi and in Orissa. Kallima 
horsfieldi, Koll., is treated by Bingham as distinct, and as including 
several forms regarded by de Niceville as distinct; it occurs at eleva¬ 
tions of 2,000 feet and upwards in Western and Southern India and 
may be the Western form of inachus. Davidson and Aitken describe 
and figure the larva, and state that it feeds on Strobilanthus. 
Cethosia cyane, Dr., is perhaps the most notable butterfly of Bengal; 
it is a curiously tame species and we have caught it in our fingers at 
Duranta ; the larva is stated to feed on passion flower (Moore). Atella 
phalantha, Dr., is a small tawny butterfly with black markings ; de 
Niceville says of it: “ This species is one of the commonest Indian 
butterflies, occurring throughout the year in the plains and in suitable 
seasons in the outer Himalayas up to 8,000 feet.” Davidson and Aitken 
describe the larva, which is stated to feed on Flacourtia and Salix. 
Ergolis includes the widespread E. merione , Cram., whose larva feeds 
on castor leaf. (Ricinus communis.) The butterfly is not common, flying 
among the foliage of dense trees and this species is one of the few 
that breeds on a plant of economic importance. (Plate XXXI.) 
Of the Acraeince but one can be included here, the little tawny 
Telchinia violce, Fabr., whose larva feeds on the wild passion flower (see 
Davidson and Aitken). It was reared in Bengal on Hibiscus cannabinus. 
The larva is spiny and may be protected by its unpleasant taste. 
The Libytheince include only the genus Libythea wholly absent 
from the plains. 
Nemeobiid^e ( Erycinidce , Lemoniidce). 
Forelegs fully developed in female , imperfect in male. 
This family includes species almost wholly confined to the 
forest-clad hills. They have somewhat the appearance of Lycjenids, 
with short tails on the hind wing in some cases. Dodona eugenes, 
Butl., has been reared from a green flattened larva, feeding upon 
grasses and bamboo (Mackinon). Abisara echerius , Stoll., is the only 
