collected in Sont]tern Afghanistan. 839 



8. HipparcJda anthe. 

 Papilio anthe, Ochs., Schmett. Eur., i., p. 169, n. 2 



(1807). 

 Chaman, May. 



9. Hipparchia thelephassa. 



Eumenis thelephassa, Hiibner, Samml. Exot. Schmett., 

 ii., pi. 85 (1816—2-1). 



Chaman, Maj^ ; Quetta, May and September ; Gwal, 

 May; Kandahar, May (ff. Roberts). Fairly common. 



10. Ypthima holanica. 



Ypthima holanica, G. F. L. Marshall, P.Z.S., 1882, 

 p. 759. 



Mach, Bolan Pass ; September. 



NYMPHALINiE. 



11. Melitcea robertsii. 



MelitcBa robertsii, Butler, P. Z. S., 1880, p. 406, pi. xxxix., 

 f. 2. 



Chaman, April and May ; Kandahar, May and June 

 {H. Roberts). Fairly common. 



12. Pyrameis cardui. 



Papilio cardui, Linn., Faun. Suec, p. 276, n. 1054 

 (1761). 



A few taken at Kandahar in October and November, 

 1880 ; very plentiful in March and April following. The 

 gardens about Kandahar were alive with regular swarms 

 of this butterfly in the last month ; but I did not 

 observe it at Quetta or anywhere else on our lines of 

 communication between Sibi and Kandahar ; Quetta, 

 May, 1882. 



13. Janonia orithya. 



Papilio orithya, Linn., Mus. Lud. Ulr., p. 278 (1764). 

 Quetta, September. Not observed anywhere else. 



