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Show 1886.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM WESTERN INDIA. 361 18. VANESSA CHARONIA. Papilio charonia, Drury, 111. Ex. Ent. i. pi. 15. figs. 1, 2 (1773). Murree, 22nd August and 10th September ; Dewal, 26th August. " Common at Murree in August and September ; found along this hill as far as Thundiani, also at Dewal. " This butterfly is fond of pitching on the trunks of trees, particularly of the ilex when the tree has been wounded and the sap is exuding. I have taken several in company with Pyrameis indica and a large greenish beetle (Cetonia, sp.?) while thus engaged."- J. W. Y. 19. VANESSA KASCHMIRENSIS. Vanessa kaschmirensis, Kollar in Hiig. Kaschm. iv. 2, p. 442, pi. 11. figs. 3, 4 (1848). o* 2 , Mir Jani above Kalabagh, about 9000 feet, 16th September ; c?, Thundiani, 23rd September, 1885. " Rare in Murree, ten specimens taken end of August; very common at the top of Thundiani, 23rd to 24th September."-/. W. Y. Major Yerbury sent us two perfect specimens and one much broken; in their fresh condition I hardly recognized them as conspecific with the dingy series of very old specimens in the Museum, and I much regret that our good friend did not send as long a series of this species as of Libythea lepita. 20. JUNONIA ALMANA. Papilio almana, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 272 (1764). Hassan Abdal, 14th October; Campbellpore, 17th November, 1885. " A few in October and November near Campbellpore."-J. TV. Y. 21. JUNONIA SWINHOEI. Junonia swinhoei, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., Oct. 1885, p. 308. d, Campbellpore, July ; d 2 > Murree, 5th August, 1885. " The commonest Butterfly in Campbellpore ; found in May, June, July, October, November, and December. Probably the commonest fly on the Murree hills in August and September."- /. TV. Y. 22. PYRAMEIS INDICA. Papilio atalanta indica, Herbst, Natur. Schmett. vii. pi. 180. figs. 1, 2(1794). Murree, 16th and 26th August and 10th September, 1885. " Fairly common all over the hills in August and September."- /. TV. Y. 23. ARGYNNIS NIPHE. Papilio niphe, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 785. n. 208 (1767). <$ 2, Campbellpore, 23rd May; d, Murree, 10th September, 1885. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1886, No. XXIV. 24 |