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abundant. There are no specimens from Egmont Atoll, but it is reported to occur there, 

 although not commonly. It was noted as particularly abundant on 27 May and 22 June 

 in He de la Passe (Salomon) around the bushes of Sccevoln Kcenigii. on which tlie larvie 

 wore found in all stages from newly-hatched to full-fed. The larvae feed on the under- 

 side of the leaves, eating away the green cuticle in ii-regular patches, generally midway 

 between the edge and mid-rib of the leaf. The greenish-grey pupse were found attached 

 to the underside of the mid-rib of a SccBVola leaf. 



The forty specimens collected seem to belong to the wet intermediate phase and vary 

 considerably fwfer se, there being a marked tendency to duplication of the blue ocelli. 



Distribution. — Tasmania to Queensland ; New Hebrides ; EUice Islands ; Java ; 



Cocos-Keeling ; and Christmas Island. 



Ghagos specimens are quite similar to those from Christmas Island and Cocos- 

 Keeling. 



74. Pyrameis cardui, Linn. 



Papilio cardui, Linn., Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) p. 475. 



Vanessa cardui, Boisd., Faun. Mad. Maur. p. 43 ; Guenee, Maill. Reun., Lep. p. 10 ; Bingham, 



Butt. Ind. i. p. 365 (fig.) ; Kershaw, Butt. Hongkong, p. 42, t. 5. f. 3. 

 Pyrameis cardui, Saalin., Lep. Madag. p. 77. 



Seychelles. — The present collection contains no specimens, but Mr. H. P. Thomasset 

 informed me that he had seen this sjjecies on several occasions at Cascade Estate (Mahe), 

 and Mr. J. A. de Gaye reports having taken thirteen specimens in one day in St. Anne 

 Island {in litt., 3 May, 1906). 



Distribution. — World-wide except in arctic and subarctic regions and in New Zealand. 

 In the East African Islands it is recorded from Reunion, Mauritius, and Madagascar. 

 It is also found throughout India and Ceylon to the Maldives and in Sokotra. 



75. Eypolimnas bolina, Linn. 



Papilio bolina, Linn., Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) p. 479 (1758). 



Apatura bolina, Moore, Lep. Ind. iv. p. 137, t. 329 figs. 1-1/ (larva and pupa, J' ? ), and t. 330. 



figs. 1-1/, J ? . 

 Hypolimnas bolina, Bingham, Butt. India, i. p. 386 ; Kershaw, Butt. Hongkong, p. 45, t. 5. ff. 6-11, 



t. 6a. figs. 3, 4 (larva, pupa). 



Chagos. — The collection contains 14 males and 5 females, all from Salomon and Peros 

 Banhos Atolls. It occurs, however, throughout the Chagos Group, actual localities and 

 dates being : — 



Salomon Atoll.— We du Sel, 24 May, one, flying high— Takamaka, 25 May, two males — 

 lie de la Passe, 27 May, one seen flying high over the trees ; 22 June, common — He 

 Anglaise, 31 May, 5 males, 1 female, all rather worn, flying on edge of cocos on seaward 

 side of the islet — He Boddam, 3 June, 1 male, 1 female seen. 



Peros Banhos. — He Diamant, 19 May, 1 male flying around tops of cocos — He du Coin, 

 G June; abundant. 



Diego Garcia. — One male seen on Middle Islet, June 12. 



