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One is confined to the Palni and Anamali Hills and one to the Moun- 

 tains of Ceylon, two allied parallel species are confined, one to Cevlon 

 and one to the. Mountains of S. India, three are confined to Malabar 

 and Ceylon (they have been given separate names for each region, but 

 they do not merit the distinction), while two are found in suitable 

 localities throughout the region. 



Of the remaining 61 : Six are tolerably well-marked geographical races 

 of species characteristic of Assam or Malaya (of these 3 are confined to 

 Ceylon and Malabar, the rest evenly distributed.) 



Two are palearctic species found in the high mountains of the south 

 and Ceylon and must have found their way there via temporary 

 halting places in the way alpine plants and insects always do wherever 

 mountains are high enough to give the requisite climate. 



Three (confined 2 to Ceylon, 1 to Malabar) which are only found in 

 the Andamans, Nicobar or Mergni and which exhibit considerable local 

 differences. 



One cosmopolitan. 



At least two which probably originated in Africa but are now spread 

 throughout the east (one of them has found its way to the West Indies 

 in historic times). 



Three are Assam-Burma species which have only migrated south as 

 far as Gondwana at present. 



The remainder are found in Assam and neighbouring regions, most of 

 them of wide oriental distribution. 



The second family, the Satyr idee, form a great contrast to the last in 

 that though there are only 27 species 15 are peculiar. The Nymphalidse 

 are mostly brightly coloured insects of strong flight. Many of them 

 mi oratory in habit, moreover structurally the majority of the genera 

 are recent developments. The Satyridce on the other hand, are dark, 

 slowflving, shade-loving insects, and this leads one to suppose that 

 when worked out most groups of moths and other orders of insects will 

 show as larcre a proportion of peculiar forms as the Satyridce. 



Of these 15 : One species confined to Ceylon is a variety of a Malayan 

 form and was possibly introduced through the botanical gardens where it 

 first appeared. Two others confined to Ceylon, one of which is a comple- 

 mentary to another in Malabar. 

 Three confined to Malabar. 



