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  rROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOAfOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  considers 
  that 
  nikobarus, 
  Feld., 
  cannot 
  be 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   polyles. 
  {Nov. 
  Zool., 
  Vol. 
  II, 
  1895, 
  p. 
  347). 
  It 
  is 
  however 
  retained 
  as 
  

   a 
  sub-species 
  by 
  Jordan 
  (Seitz, 
  Oriental 
  Papilionida', 
  p. 
  61), 
  who 
  

   states 
  that 
  '• 
  the. 
  female 
  form 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  male 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  com- 
  

   moner 
  than 
  in 
  other 
  districts." 
  

  

  The 
  range 
  of 
  Papilio 
  hector, 
  L., 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  Rothschild 
  {ibid, 
  p. 
  234) 
  

   as 
  " 
  Ceylon, 
  S. 
  India, 
  Madras, 
  Central 
  Provinces, 
  Calcutta." 
  In 
  Ceylon 
  

   and 
  Southern 
  India 
  it 
  " 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  at 
  low 
  elevations 
  ; 
  farther 
  north 
  

   it 
  becomes 
  rarer, 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  go 
  beyond 
  the 
  25th 
  degree 
  of 
  

   N. 
  Lat." 
  Jordan 
  also 
  states 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  " 
  recorded 
  from 
  Chittagong 
  on 
  

   the 
  north-east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Bengal 
  " 
  (Seitz, 
  ibid, 
  p. 
  34). 
  

  

  The 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  romulus 
  female 
  of 
  polytes, 
  mimicking 
  hector, 
  is 
  thus 
  

   defined 
  by 
  Rothschild 
  (p. 
  347) 
  " 
  Ceylon, 
  South 
  India, 
  Bengal, 
  and 
  

   occasionally 
  in 
  Sikkim." 
  Jordan 
  gives 
  it 
  as 
  " 
  Ceylon 
  to 
  North 
  India 
  ; 
  

   in 
  Sikkim, 
  where 
  hector 
  does 
  not 
  occur, 
  romulus 
  is 
  scarce 
  and 
  further 
  

   east 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  observed 
  at 
  all. 
  . 
  . 
  ," 
  (Seitz, 
  ibid, 
  p. 
  61). 
  The 
  

   facts 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  earlier 
  pages 
  of 
  this 
  memoir 
  prove 
  that 
  romulus 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  small 
  numbers 
  very 
  far 
  east 
  of 
  Sikkim. 
  

  

  The 
  localities 
  now 
  start 
  from 
  the 
  South 
  of 
  India, 
  as 
  already 
  explained. 
  

   The 
  records 
  published 
  in 
  Proc. 
  3rd. 
  Ent. 
  Meeting, 
  Pusa, 
  1019, 
  (pp. 
  904, 
  

   905) 
  should 
  be 
  taken 
  into 
  account 
  together 
  with 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  earlier 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  paper. 
  

  

  Palni 
  Hills. 
  Captain 
  W. 
  H. 
  Evans, 
  (Vol. 
  XX, 
  1910, 
  p. 
  384— 
  

  

  " 
  74. 
  Papilio 
  polytes. 
  Common 
  at 
  low 
  and 
  often 
  seen 
  at 
  high 
  

   elevations 
  probably 
  all 
  the 
  year." 
  

  

  <« 
  7A 
  P 
  V 
  7 
  *\ 
  Common 
  at 
  low 
  elevations; 
  May, 
  

  

  ^ 
  ■ 
  f 
  June, 
  August 
  to 
  October 
  ; 
  hector 
  is 
  

  

  „, 
  ^ 
  ., 
  . 
  .77. 
  C 
  often 
  seen 
  at 
  the 
  highest 
  eleva- 
  

   "71. 
  Papilio 
  anstolochice. 
  \ 
  .■ 
  „ 
  

  

  Bangalore. 
  K. 
  Kunhi 
  Xannan. 
  (Vol. 
  XXI, 
  1911, 
  p. 
  699) 
  says 
  that 
  

  

  the 
  species 
  is 
  trimorphic 
  in 
  Bangalore. 
  

   Bangalore 
  District. 
  T. 
  H. 
  L. 
  Grosvenor. 
  {Ent. 
  Record, 
  1920, 
  p. 
  

   201.). 
  

  

  P. 
  hector 
  is 
  " 
  abundant 
  everywhere, 
  apparently 
  continuously 
  

  

  brooded, 
  as 
  from 
  March 
  to 
  December 
  they 
  were 
  always 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  every 
  possible 
  condition. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  Papilio 
  I 
  found 
  of 
  which 
  

  

  both 
  sexes 
  were 
  commonly 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  dusk 
  they 
  

  

  settle 
  for 
  the 
  night 
  usually 
  in 
  small 
  colonies 
  of 
  5 
  or 
  6, 
  and 
  apparently 
  

   return 
  to 
  the 
  ^same 
  tree 
  each 
  evening. 
  I 
  watched 
  one 
  for 
  over 
  a 
  

   fortnight, 
  having 
  selected 
  it 
  for 
  observation 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  a 
  crippled 
  

   bindwing, 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  chance 
  of 
  mistaking 
  it. 
  One 
  

  

  