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Show 1886.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM WESTERN INDIA. 3/7 " Rare : only three specimens taken, end of August and beginning of September."-/. TV. Y. 82. PAPILIO ERITHONIUS. Papilio erithonius, Cramer, Pap. Exot.iii. pi. 232. figs. A, B (1782). Campbellpore, 18th October, 1885. " A few in June and July ; common in October and November." -/. W. Y. The single example sent in the present collection belongs to a rather rare sport of the species, in which the usual orange spots on the under surface are replaced by greyish testaceous spots. 83. PAPILIO ASIATICUS, Papilio machaon, var. asiatica, Menetries, Cat. Mus. Petr., Lep. i. p. 70(1855). Campbellpore, 9th July; Murree, 1st October, 1885. " A few at Campbellpore in June and July; common at Murree in August; found commonly on the lower slopes of Thundiani in September 1885."-/. W. Y. 84. PAPILIO ARCTURUS. Papilio arcturus, Westwood, Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. p. 37 (1842). d\ Murree, 13th August, 1885. Major Yerbury sends this and the following under the same number, which accounts for the different identifications received by him from Mr. de Niceville and Col. Swinhoe. 85. PAPILIO POLYCTOR. Papilio polyctor, Boisduval, Sp. Gen. Lep. i. p. 205. n. 18 (1836). 2, between Abbottabad and Kala Pani, 25th September, 1885. Respecting these two species Major Yerbury says : - " Fairly common at Murree in August ; a few seen along the hills as far as Thundiani in September." It would therefore appear that P. polyctor is a month later than P. arcturus; only the single specimen of the former sent to us is much worn and must have been quite a month on the wing. HESPERIID^E. 86. PARNARA MANGALA. Hesperia mangala, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 792. Murree, Sth and 10th September ; Thundiani, 24th September; Hassan Abdal, 13th October, 1885. Major Yerbury has received the names of P. bada and P. beavani for this species, and he says:-"There are two 'skippers' under this number: both species were common at Murree in August and September." Neither of these species is represented amongst the five examples in this collection, all of which are quite typical P. mangala, the row of spots on the secondaries being larger and PROC. ZOOL. SOC-1886, No. XXV. 25 |