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JEgmont Atoll. — Repoi-ted to occur, but not common. 



Female specimens of this butterfly from the Chagos Islands are characterized by the 

 great extension of the white markings of the hind wings, in which respect they exactly 

 resemble specimens of B.. bol'ma from Palawan as represented in the National 

 Collection. I can discern no difference whatever, yet it appears very remarkable th:it 

 such a striking form of parallel variation should have arisen in two localities so widely 

 separated. This form of the female is shown on Plate 17. fig. 3. 



The early stages of this butterfly were not met with. 



Distribution. — Throughout Ceylon ; India ; Burma ; Andamans ; Nicobai's ; the Malay 

 Peninsula; Siam ; China; Sumatra; and Java. 



76. Hypolimnas misippus, Linn. 



Papilio misippus, Linn., Mus. Ulr. p. 264 ( 1 764). 

 Diadema bolina {^) misippus ( ? ), Boisd., Faun. Mad. Maur. p. 39. 



Hypolimnas misippus, Saalm., Lep. Madag. p. 83; Bingham, Butt. Ind. i. p. 388 ; Kershaw, Butt. 

 Hongkong, p. 47, t. 7. f. 13, t. 8. f. 1 ; Joaanis, Ann. S. E. France, 1894, p. 428. 



Seychelles. — The present collection contains only a single male taken in Mahe by 

 Mr. J. A. de Gaye, who reports that this butterfly was common in March and April, 

 1906, in St. Anne Island. 



Distribution. — S. America ; throughout Africa ; Eeunion ; Mauritius ; Rodriguez ; 

 Madagascar ; Gloriosa ; Aldabra ; Sokotra ; throughout India and Ceylon to Malayan 

 Subregion and China ; Christmas Island ; Nicobars ; Sumatra ; Java. 



[77. Atella phalantha, Drury. 



Papilio phalantha, Dru., Ins. i. t. 21. ff. 1, 2. 



Argynnis phalanta, Boisd. Faun. Mad. Maur. p. 41. 



.<4/eZ/ajBAaiara/a, Guenee, Maill. Reun., Lep. p. 10 ; Saalm., Lep. Madag. p. 77; Holland, Proc. 



U.S. Nat. Mus. 1895, p. 266. 

 Atella phalantha, Bingham, Butt. Ind. i. p. 412 (fig.) ; Kershaw, Butt. Hongkong, p. 31, t. 4. f . 8, 



and t. 3 a. ff. 1, 2 (larva, pupa). 



Recorded from Mahe by Dr. Holland, but as Dr. Abbott's collection also contained 

 examples of this species from Aldabra and Gloriosa I have little doubt but that the 

 specimen in question had been mis-labelled and originally came from one of these other 

 two localities.] 



Distribution. — Tropical and S. Africa ; Reunion ; Mauritius ; Madagascar ; Comoro Is. ; 

 Gloriosa ; Aldabra ; Sokotra ; throughout India ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Siam ; China ; 

 Japan ; Malayan Subregion ; Java ; Sumatra. 



78. Atella philiberti, Joa,nn. 

 Atella philiberti, de J oannis. Bull. S.E.France, 1893, p. 51 ; Joannis, Ann. S. E. France, 1894, 



p. 427, t. 15. f. 7. 

 Atella seychellarum, Holland, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1895, p. 266, t. 8. f. 11. 



Seychelles. — Thu-ty-three examples, of which four are from Praslin, the others from 



