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Show 362 MR. A. G. BUTLER O N [June 29, " Common (at Campbellpore) May and June ; at Murree in August."-/. TV. Y. 24. ARGYNNIS KAMALA. Argynnis kamala, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. Co. Mus. i. p. 156. n. 324 (1857). 2 , Thundiani, 23rd September, 1885. " A few at Murree and along the slope of Thundiani in September."-/. TV. Y. 25. ARGYNNIS ISS^EA. Argynnis isscea, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. Co. Mus. i. p. 156. n. 323 (1857). Murree, 5th, 23rd, and 28th August, 3rd September ; melanistic var., 1st October, 1885. "Argynnis lathonia apud de Niceville ; Argynnis issaa apud Swin-hoe. Common at Murree, August and September, and found along the hills as far as Thundiani."-/. TV. Y. No lepidoptcrist familiar with A. lathonia of Europe could fail to note the differences which exist between this form and the European one: it is, of course, a local representative of A. lathonia as every species of butterfly is of some other, so far as I have been able to ascertain, but it never really corresponds with European specimens. 26. ATELLA PHALANTA. * Papilio phalanta, Drury, 111. Ex. Ent. i. pi. 21. figs. 1, 2 (1773). d, Hassan Abdal, 14th October, 1885. 27. MELIT^SA PERSEA. Melitcea persea, Kollar, Denksch. Akad. Wien, math.-nat. CI. i. p. 52. n. 6 (1850). Campbellpore, Khairabad side near Attock Bridge, 1st November, 1885. " Melitaa robertsii apud de Niceville ; 31. didyma apud Swinhoe. Not uncommon."-/. TV. Y. This species may readily be distinguished from M. robertsii, apart from other characters, by the black markings on the basal two thirds of secondaries, which do not exist in the Candahar species. After comparing it with our series of thirty-four M. didyma and fifteen M. trivia, I have not the least hesitation in supporting Mr. Kirby's opinion that it is much more nearly allied to the latter than to the former species. The two specimens sent by Major Yerbury, though not absolutely agreeing uitb any of our nine typical examples of M. persea, differ only in characters which the series before m e proves to be variable, the principal of these characters being the ill-defined submarginal spots on the upper surface of the secondaries and the less perfect row on the under surface of the primaries ; no two specimens, however, absolutely correspond in these points. |