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Show 128 LIEUT.-COL. C. SWINHOE ON THE LEPIDOPTERA [Feb. 3, NYMPHALINJE. 19. CETHOSIA MAHRATTA. C. mahratta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 556. Belgaum. A very rare insect in the Mahratta country, but quite common at Calicut. 20. ATELLA PHALANTA. Pap. phalanta, Drury, 111. Ex. Ent. i. pi. 21. figs. 1, 2 (1773). Common everywhere. I took it at Poona in every month except July, August, and September, and in Bombay from July to December. 21. ARGYNNIS NIPHE. Pap. niphe, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 785 (1767). Bombay, 1877 ; I took several examples, but have not observed it since. 22. PYRAMEIS CARDUI. Pap. cardui, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 276 (1761). Common everywhere from September to December. 23. PYRAMEIS INDICA. Pap. indica, Herbst, Nat. Schmett. vii. t. 180. figs. 1, 2 (1794). Bombay. I took several examples in 1877, but have not observed it since. 24. JUNONIA LEMONIAS. Pap. lemonias, Linn. Mus. Ulr. p. 277 (1764). Commonly found in ditches all the year round. 25. JUNONIA HIERTE. Pap. hierte, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 424 (1798). Commonly found in ditches all the year round. 26. JUNONIA ORYTHIA. Pap. orythia, Linn. Mus. Ulr. p. 278 (1764). Commonly found in ditches all the year round. 27. JUNONIA ASTERIE. Pap. asterie, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 769 (1767). 28. JUNONIA ALMANA. Pap. almana, Linn. Mus. Ulr. p. 272 (1764). The latter is common everywhere all the year round; the former (7. asterie) is common in the latter half of the year. I am convinced that although the types of each are so different they are both one and the same insect, one being the normal and the other the dimorphic form, though unfortunately I have not yet been able to produce |
