COMMON BUTTERFFA ES OF THE PLAINS OF INDIA. 17 



of whicli has been legunled by the great nuijority of collectors 

 in India as the type of that very -Sub-family. This genus is 

 ^felanitis (the particular species referred to being leda) which he 

 has removed from the Sul)-family Satyrinm and placed in that of 

 y>imphalinai. 



In a matter of the present description individual opinions, 

 opposed to generally accepted ones, are out of place and should be 

 avoided. 



The classification proposed to be adopted now will be the one 

 followed in the past by Mr. Moore in his " Lepidoptera of Ceylon," 



THE COMMON BUTTERFLIES OF THE PLAINS 



OF INDIA. 



Plates 1 iiiid IL nMcried to in this article will appear iu a subse- 

 quent lunulicr. 



Owing to tli(^ autboi' Imving eiianged the order it is impossible for 

 the plates to apix-ai- in the order originally arranged. Plate D will 

 therefore ;ip[)ear later on when the butterflies figured thereon are 

 described. 



Plate E is I'ublislied now as the present article refers to the 

 Danaincic, 



Editors. 



repuDiisnmg tne figures ana ine irouoie oi re-wnting wnat aoes not 

 require alteration. 



The common butterflies of the plains of India are very few in 

 juimber, probably altogether they do not exceed seventy species, 

 though, of course, stragglers from the hills may add to the list. To 

 make these papers more widely useful all insects will be mentioned 

 that may possibly be found, even as stragglers, and also such as 

 inhabit the hill-stations of the Bombay Presidency, i.e., such as are 

 found up to 4,000 feet above sea-level on the Western Ghats north of 

 the great evergreen areas of the Kanara District. It is, after all, 



* CoU bLngham died ia London after this paper was commenced. It is not yet settled 

 who is to continue his work. 

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