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FURTHER NOTES ON THE BUTTERFLIES 

 OF THE LUCKNOW DISTRICT. 



By G-. W. V. de IIhe-Phiupe. 



In 1902, after some three years and a half of collecting and observation in 

 the district, I compiled a local list, which appeared in Vol. XIV. (pp. 481 et 

 seq.) of the Journal of the Society. A transfer from Lucknow put an end, 

 for the time being, to butterfly work there ; but the chances of service took 

 me back for some months in 11)03-04, and gave me a few further opportunities 

 of adding to my collection of the district Lepidoptera. Pressure of official 

 work limited tbese opportunities to occasional excursions in the near neigh- 

 bourhood ; but I was able to add a few new names to my local list and to make 

 some additional notes. These I give as a supplement to the original article. 



Furlough home has been answerable for the delay in writing them. 



NYMPHALID^E. 



SATYRIN.E, 



8. Mycalesis ulasius — Fabr, This species was even more common 

 during the rains of 1903 than I had ever known it before ; but continued 

 very local. Curiously, spots I had known as certain finds in previous years 

 were now absolutely blank ; while in others I had more than once previously 

 unsuccessfully searched, a specimen or two could invariably be routed out. 



Nymfhalin^e. 



20. Junonia atlitks — Linn. I took two or three of this species in Lucknow 

 in July and August 1903, and it can now be given a place in the local list with 

 certainty. 



23 (a). Neptis eurymene — Butler. I had an opportunity of examining a 



Neptis taken in Lucknow in September or October 1902, which was of this 



species. Its occurrence in the district is justified by its distribution, but it is 



probably very rare. 



LYC^ENID^. 



52 (a). Iraota Maecenas — Fabr. 



One male was taken in March. It is a much smaller insect than usual (being 

 barely 1*2 inches in expanse) and the brilliant metallic scales so distinctive of 

 the species are very few and scattered. It is thus, in appearance, somewhat 

 different from others of the species .mostly from the Himalayas) in my collec- 

 tion ; but a careful examination removes all doubt of its identity. It is appa- 

 rently very rare in the district ; and, like many other Lycenidas, probably 

 appears only as a spring brood. 



55. Aphn^eus elima — Moore. 



61. Kapala melampus — Cram. I found considerable numbers of these 

 species in May and early June, attracted by the scented flowers of a Mimusops 

 elengi, a somewhat uncommon tree in the Lucknow District. Elsewhere they 

 were as rarely met with as ever. Males predominated, and all the insects were 

 dead and badly broken — being apparently the survivors of the spring broods. 



