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Four confined to the higher mountains of the south, two of which will 

 probably prove to be only forms of one species. 

 Three found in both Ceylon and Malabar. 

 Two in all suitable localities. 



Of the remaining ten species, one is an African form, probably a recent 

 immigrant, as it has not yet reached Ceylon or Assam. One is an Assam 

 form confined to Ceylon and Malabar, two are Assam forms which are 

 not found beyond Gondwana and the remaining eight generally 

 distributed in Assam and elsewhere. 



The third family, the Erycinidce, is a very small one, most developed 

 in South America. There are only three species in the peninsular, two of 

 which are only found in Ceylon and Malabar, and all three are well 

 distributed in the rest of the oriental region. 



The fourth family, the Lycaenidoe contains 86 species, of which only 

 10 are peculiar, and the same remarks made in comparingthe first two 

 families apply here. 



Of these 10 : One, found in all the forest regions and in Ceylon, 

 belongs to a peculiar genus and is structurally an interesting form. 

 Two confined, one to Ceylon, one to Malabar, are doubtfully distinct. 

 Three are confined to Malabar. 



Four to the higher mountains of S. India, two of which are doubtfully 

 distinct. 



Of the remainder : three are practically cosmopolitan, five are 

 African, Arabian or South Persian, but at least two of them have spread 

 to Burma. 



Four are only found elsewhere in the Andamans, South Malaya or Java. 

 The remaining 64 are found in Assam and most of them in other parts 

 of the oriental region. 



The fifth family, the Pieridce, contains 30 species, of which 2 are 

 peculiar. This is a peculiarly migratory family. 



These two are found throughout the area (one, however, is doubtfully 

 distinct from a Persian form). 



Of the remaining 28 : Two, occurring on the summits of the Nilgiri, 

 Palni and Anamalai Hills, but curiously not yet found in Ceylon, are 

 palearctic. Two are practically cosmopolitan in all tropical and sub- 

 tropical regions. Eight are Soudanese or Arabian forms, all very 

 characteristic of Kach and Kattiawar, only four of them having spread 

 beyond that island area. 



