Lepidoptera of Sikkim. 433 
that species.* Whether it was more abundant in Sikkim 
in 1886 than formerly, or not, I cannot say, but at least 
a dozen male specimens were taken in May, June, and 
July, some of them near Mongpo and some on the top of 
Sinchul. Mr. Méller says its range is from 8 to 7000 ft., 
but, as far as I can judge, it is found at higher elevations 
than Glycerion, and is more of a temperate than a 
tropical species. 
None of the specimens I have seen show the slightest 
tendency to vary, and the pattern of the hind wing below, 
well-figured by Mr. de Nicéville, distinguishes it with 
- certainty from Glycerion. The females of both these 
species are unknown to me. 
426. Papilio agetes. 
Papilio agetes, Westw., Arc. Ent., ii., t. 55, fig. 3 (1848). 
A rare species, which I have never seen in life. Moller 
notes it as occurring at Sivoke, where the Teesta 
debouches into the plains, in April and May. 
497. Papilio antiphates. 
Papilio antiphates, Cram., Pap. Ex., i., t. 72 (1779). 
Papilio antiphates, var. pompilius, Fab., Dist., Rhop. 
Mal., p. 327, t. xxxi., fig. 5. 
Common in the lower valleys up to 8000 ft. from April 
till October. The characters by which Mr. Butler 
attempts to separate the forms of this species, and 
quoted by Distant, seem, in my series of sixteen speci- 
mens,—two from Borneo, one from Canton, six from 
Sikkim, one from Cachar, and six from Tenasserim and 
Tavoy,—too variable to be relied on. The Sikkim spe- 
cimens, however, have the fourth costal triangular band 
short, not reaching more than half across the cell. 
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* T recognised in his collection what I believe to be the same 
insect as paphus with the MSS. name of Glycerides. M. Oberthiir 
has also described, in Kt. Ent., Liv. iv., p. 115, an eastern form of 
Glycerion from Moupin, which he calls mandarinus, distinguished 
by the pattern of the under side being reproduced above; whilst 
in Glycerion it only shows through the transparence of the wing. 
