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Show 1880.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM CANDAHAR. 405 List of the Species. RHOPALOCERA. NYMPHALID.E. 1. DANAIS CHRYSIPPUS 2 (no. 7). Papilio chrysippus, Linnceus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 263 (1761). "Common everywhere in June; less common and battered in May." 2,. DANAIS PLEXIPPUS (no. 19). Papilio plexippus ?, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 264 (1764). " Saw one specimen, but failed to catch it. 3. HlPPARCHIA PARISATIS (no. 15). Satyrus parisatis, Kollar, Denkschr. Akad. Wien, math.-nat. Cl. i. p. 52. no. 7(1850). "When fresh and in the sun the white border is shot with brilliant blue. Frequents nullahs and shady places, and may be caught by dozens at a time. Abundant but local at the end of May, and in June in shady, moist places among the low, rocky, barren hills." 4. HlPPARCHIA THELEPHASSA (no. 10). Eumenis thelephassa, Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schmett. ii. pl. 85 (1816-24). "Very common at the beginning and middle of May in the nullahs and on the rocky slopes at the foot of the hills, resting under the shade of rocks and stones during the heat of the day, and flying about in the early morning and evening, when it is easily captured. In June scarcely a specimen was to be found." 5. EPINEPHELE ROXANE (no. 20). Epinephele roxane, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. iii. p. 491. no. 819, pl. 69. figs 12, 13 (1867). " Found commonly at the end of May and in June in company with the two species of Hipparchia, but lasting longer than II. thelephassa." This species although nearly allied to E. davendra, differs in its paler coloration and the more deeply sinuated margin of the secondaries. 6. EPINEPHELE INTERPOSITA (no. 14). (Plate XXXIX. fig. 1.) 2 . Epinephele interposita, Erschoff, Lep. Turk. p. 22. no. 68, pl. 2. fig. 16 (1874). " This appears to be rather rare, but is most probably common in other localities or seasons. I found one male in the middle of May, and one female at the end of May : the sexes are very much alike." 27* |