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Show 1881.] WESTERN INDIA, BELOOCHISTAN, ETC 611 species (as he has done in death), since it is hardly probable the same species would be taken for eight months in succession. It is no wonder that any one, however much experienced in the study of the Lepidoptera generally, should confound the species of such difficult genera as Teracolus, Colias, and Terias; only special study can educate one readily to recognize the differences between many of them : doubtless a tendency to hybridization between allied species does not assist one in identifying them. 40. CATOPSILIA THISORELLA. Callidryas thisorella, Boisduval, Sp. Gen. Lep. i. p. 609 (1836). Two males. Kurrachee, May 1879. Whether this race of C. pyranthe is constant to Kurrachee I have no means of judging. Major Swinhoe gives March, May, and December as its times of appearance, and says that it is common. 41. APPIAS DARADA (NO. 2). Pieris darada, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. p. 166, n. 142 (1867). One male, Neilgherries. " One specimen, taken at Kurrachee ; month not recorded.- C. S. 42. APPIAS NARENDRA (No. 3). Appias narendra, Moore, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 48(1877). One male. Neilgherries. The female is at present unknown to us; but Major Swinhoe speaks of the probable female as " smaller, with broader marginal black band on the upper surface of the secondaries, and the under surface of these wings nearly white." It would be quite unusual for the female to be smaller than the male ; but this might be merely an individual character. 43. PAPILIO MESENTINA. Papilio mesentina, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 270. f. A, B (1782). A pair. Quetta, North Beloochistan, March 1880. Occurs very commonly from February to May, and in November and December. 44. SYNCHLOE DAPLIDICE. Papilio daplidice, Linmeus, Syst. Nat. (l)ii. p. 760(1766). A pair. Quetta, April 7th & 15th, 1880. 45. GANORIS GLICIRIA (No. 1). Papilio gliciria, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 171. f. E, F (1779). A pair. Neilgherries. |