BUTTERFLIES OF TRAVANCORE. 435 



employed a native to collect for the museum here. Trevandrum is 

 situated about two miles from the sea, and within 20 miles in a direct 

 line of the foot of the hills. At first I did not label each butterfly as 

 I took it, but merely kept a list and sent duplicates from time 

 to time to be identified. One butterfly alone I am unable to vouch 

 for personally, Tajuria maculata; it was given to me in 1879 

 by Mr. Garrett, a planter who was living on the next estate. 

 Mr. de Niceville, to whom I sent the specimen some years later, was 

 not satisfied with the evidence for its occurrence in Travancore, as 

 it had only been recorded from the hills of North-Eastern India, 

 and I had not labelled the specimen at the time I received it from 

 Mr. Garrett. I do not think, however, there is room for doubt, for 

 Mr. Garrett collected only in Travancore, and received no exchanges 

 from any one, and I can vouch that the specimen I received from 

 him was the one identified by Mr. de Niceville as T. maculata. 

 I have therefore included it in my list. 



Family NYMPHALID^l. 

 Subfamilv Eupl,jEin,e, Moore. 



Group LimnincE, Moore. 



1. Hestia malabarica, Moore. 



1,000 to 3,000 ft., fairly common. On one occasion I found numbers of 

 them floating about the trees in tbe forest at Pirmerd. I have not seen 

 them in such numbers on any other occasion. 



2. Danais (Tirumala) limniace, Cramer. 



Common from the foot of the hills to the summits. 



3. Danais {Tirumala) septentrionis, Butler. 

 Fairly common. 



4. Danais (Limnas) chrysippus, Linnaeus. 



Abundant, especially at low elevations. 



5. Danais (Salatura) genutia, Cramer. 

 Even more common than D. chrysippus. 



6. Danais (Parantica) aglea, Cramer. 



Common in the low country about Trevandrum and at low elevations in 

 the hills, less so in the higher ones. 



7. Danais (Badacaraglin) iriensis, Moore. 

 Fairly common from 2,000 ft. upwards. 



8. Euploea (Crastia) core, Cramer. 



Common all the year round in the low country. 



9. Euplaea (Pademma) kollari, Felder. 



Not uncommon at low elevations. 



