BUTTERFLIES OF TRAVANCORE. -io7 



27. Melanitis aswa, Moore. 



Rare, found only on the hills. 

 i?8. Melanitis bela, Moore. 



Very rare; one specimen only taken. 



30. Melanitis leda, Linnaeus. 

 Form ismene, Cramer. 



Very common, flies at dusk in the low country, Abundant in the hills in 

 heavy forest where there is no undergrowth. 



31. Parantirrhaa marshalli, Wood-Mason. 



I have taken this at the foot of the hills in July in Etah 



jungle (Beesha travancorica). It is by no means common. Mr. Imray writes 



to me from Pirmerd: "They appear from May to the end of October, 



and only frequent thick Etah jangle ; I have taken them on the wing 



only on damp drizzly days." 



Subfamily Elymniinjs. 



32. Elymnias caudata, Butler. 

 Common up to 3,000 ft. 



Subfamily Morphine. 



33. Amathusia phidippus, Linnams. 



Rare. I have, only taken two specimens in Trevandrum. I saw a third 

 which settled on the ceiling cloth of the porch of a house where I was 

 making a call, when I caused some surprise by suddenly dashing out of 

 the room, into the porch, only to see A. phidippus calmly flit away. 



34. Discophora lepida, Moore. 



Male rare, female very rare. I have only taken one specimen of the latter. 

 The male I have taken always near streams in heavy forest at about 

 2,500 ft. elevation. The one specimen of the female I took flew from 

 under the overhanging bank of a stream in a belt dividing two clearings 

 on the Mynall coffee estate. 



Subfamily Acr.ein^e. 



85. Telchinia violce, Fabricius. 



Common in the low country and up to 2,000 ft. in the hills. 



Subfamily Nymphalin^e. 



$6. Errjolis merione, Cramer. 



37. Errjolis taprobana, Westwood. 



88. Ergolis ariadue, Linnaeus. 



39. Euripus consimilis, Westwood. 



Very rare. Mr. Garrett took one specimen near Ariankave which is now 

 in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



40. Cupha erymunthis, Drury. 

 Common up to 3,000 ft. 

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