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Show 1885.] OF BOMBAY AND THE DECCAN. 145 137. OPHEIDES ERITHONIUS. Pap. erithonius, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 232. figs. A, B (1782). Common everywhere throughout the year. Larvae feed on citron! hme, and orange. At Poona Mr. Taplin has reared them all the year round; both dark and pale yellow forms. Larval stage 14 days; pupal stage 14 days. & 138. CHILASA DISSIMILIS. Pap. dissimilis, Linn. Mus. Ulr. p. 301 (1764). ^Khandalla, December; affects the hill-sides ; Bombay, taken in 139. CHILASA CLYTIA. Pap. clytia, Linn. Mus. Ulr. p. 296 (1764). Bombay, taken in 1877. 140. LAERTIAS PAMMON. Pap. pammon, Linn. Mus. Ulr. p. 189 (1764) Pap. polytes, Linn. Common everywhere throughout the year ; the females of both P. hector and P. diphilus form. The larva and pupa are very similar in appearance to those of P. erithonius. The larva; feed on citron, hme, and orange. Larval stage 14 days; pupal stage 14 days. Ihe pupa is sometimes bright green and sometimes chocolate-brown. Both kinds are equally common, and each produces both ScXCS. 141. MENELAIDES DIPHILUS. Pap. diphilus, Esper, Ausl. Schmett. pi. 40 B. fig. 1 (1785-98). Common everywhere from October till June. It varies much in size and markings; some of the males taken in the cold weather at Ahmednuggur are very small, measuring less than 3 inches in the expanse of their wings. 142. MENELAIDES HECTOR. Pap. hector, Linn. Mus. Ulr. p. 183 (1764). Poona, March and June; Belgaum, October; Bombay, July September, and October. 143. CHARUS HELENUS. Pap. helenus, Linn. Mus. Ulr. p. 185 (1764). Poona. 144. ZETHES AGAMEMNON. Pap. agamemnon, Linn. Mus. Ulr. p. 202 (1764). Poona, Belgaum, Ahmednuggur, October to June ; Bombay all the year round. Larvae feed on Gnaltherea longifolia, colour dark green with yellowish shades ; more humpbacked than the larvee of P. pammon, with sharp spines on the shoulders. Larval sta»-e 18 to 21 days; pupal stage the same. ^ ° PROC. ZOOL. SOC.-1885, No. X. IQ |