Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

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Title: Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Bombay Natural History Society
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Bombay, Bombay Natural History Society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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thenostril passes to the 2nd supralabial. Prcsfrontals-—a pair ; in contactwith the 2nd supralabial. Frontal—Touches 6 shields, the fronto-parietalsutures rather the longest. Parietals—Entire. Prcsocular—One. Postoculars—Two. Temporals.—Two on the right side, three on the left; longerthan high. Stipralabials—-Eight; the third and fourth touching the eye,sixth and seventh small, the eighth elongate. Sublinguals—Two pairs,subequal ; the posterior quite separated by small scales. Infralabials—Four, the fourth largest ; a cuneate scale wedged in between the thirdand fourth. Costals—Two heads lengths behind the head 33, midbody 37,two heads lengths before the anus 35, subimbricate, faintly tuberculate.Ventrah—213 ?, enlarged, entire, not quite twice the breadth of thelast row. Colour.—Uniformly bluish, deeper dorsally, paler costally, and ventrally. It bears a pronounced superficial resemblance to Enhydrina valakadyn.(Boie). JOURNAL, BOMBAY XAT. HIST. SOC. PLATE L.
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THE COMMON BUTTERFLIES OF THE PLAINS OF INDIA. Horace Knight, del. Hentschel-Colourtype. THE COMMON BUTTERFLIES OF THE PLAINSOF INDIA. Explanation of Plate L. Figs. 72, 73 . . . Catopsilia crocale s •„ 72 a, h, 73 a, b. „ „ $ . (726 is the var. catilla). 51; THE COMMON BUTTERFLIES OF THE PLAINSOF INDIA. (INCLUDING THOSE MET WITH IN THE HILL STATIONSOF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY.) BY T. R. Bell, lf.s. (^Continued from fcuje oJ^^- of Volume XXII.) Part XV. With Plates K. & L. Genus Catopsilia. Besides the three species mentioned below there is a fourth from Chinaand Tenasseriui extending to Australia, called C. sci/lla which can be dis-tinguished by the forewing being white, the hindwing rich cadmiumyellow. The males have secondary sexual characters : on the forewing, on theunderside of the dorsal margin near the base, a tuft or fringe of long hairsthat is directed forwards. On the upperside of the hindwing : a smallpatch, mostly oval in shape, of specialized scales, called andro

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