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4. Ariiopala cbntaurus Fabr. $ one. 



5. Hebomoia Roepstorpii Wood-Mason. Several. 



6. Ixias andamana Moore. Several. 



7. Huphina nama Moore. Two or three. 



Unfortunately Mr. Wirnbei-ley does not say if it is the Andamana 

 race (cor means') of Ariiopala centaurus, or one of the other local forms, 

 that he obtained. 



Besides the species in Mr. Wimberley's list the writer observed 

 two others on Barren Island. One of these was the common " Wan- 

 dering Snowflake " (Leptosia xiphia) which was seen in a gulley on 

 the east side of the island on the outer aspect of the outer cone ; 

 in the same gulley the wings of a bird-eaten example of a very bright 

 Lycaenid were picked up. From this it will be seen that our knowledge 

 of Barren Island butterfles is capable of further extension. The same 

 remark applies with perhaps even force to the list of Narcondam 

 butterflies which follows : — 



List of Butterflies seen on Narcondam. 



(Of the species marked ( ! ) specimens have been examined and named by Mr. 

 L. de Niceville.) 



1. Cynthia erota Fabr. ! 



Several of both sexes caught. This is the commonest butterfly on 

 Narcondam, the male being much more usual than the female though 

 both are "abundant." Mr. Wimberley and the Revd. Mr. Latham- 

 Browne have informed me that though not rare, the species is not 

 " abundant " in South Andaman and that there it frequents damp hol- 

 lows. In Narcondam it is plentiful everywhere from sea-level up to 800 

 — 850 feet elevation. 



Distrib. N. E. India; Burma; Andamans. 



2. Parthenos gambrisius Fabr. ! 



Distrib. Eastern Bengal ; Indo-China ; Andamans ; Malay Penin- 

 sula. 



3. Lampides elpis Godart. ! 

 One male. 



Distrib. Himalaya (Sikkim) ; India ; Burma; Andamans ; Malaya. 



4. Catochrysops cnejus Fabr. ! 

 One female. 



Distrib. India; China; Indo-China; Malaya; Andamans and 

 Nicobars ; Australia ; Polynesia. 



