1882.] FROM THE N.W. HIMALAYA. 243 



Melit^a BALBITA. 



Melitcea balbita, Moore, P. Z, S. 1874, p. 268, pi. 43. f. 5. 



" Rhotung Pass." 



Symbrenthia hyppoclus. (Plate XI. figs. 4, 4 a, larva.) 

 Papilio hyppoclus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 220. f. C, D (1782). 

 " Larva on nettle, August, 6200 feet." 



Atella phalanta. 



Papilio phalanta, Drury, Illust. Exot. Ins. i. pi. 21. f. 1, 2 (1773). 



" Found in the valleys." 



ACR^IN^. 



Pareba vesta. 



Papilio vesta, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 14 (1787). 



AcrcBa anomala, Kollar, Hiigel's Kasch. iv. p. 425, pi. 3. f. 3, 4 

 (1844). 



"Larva feeds on the willow-leaved nettle {Boehmeria talicifolia). 

 Imago, July to September. Eggs deposited in September, and 

 hatch in about twenty days. Length of young larva 3 to 4 lines, 

 entirely black. When about three weeks old they moult and then 

 hibernate, reappearing in the following April. They moult again 

 early in May, when they assume the red head. The larvae generally 

 feed on the upper branches of the plant, are gregarious, and drop 

 to the ground when disturbed. Third moult early in June, about 

 the middle of which month they suspend themselves by the tail near 

 the bottom of the stems of the bushes, and there change to the pupa 

 state. The imago appears in about fifteen days, in the first or 

 second week in July. A few come out in August and September, 

 but not in sufficient numbers to constitute a succession of broods. 

 The imago is seldom found far from the food-plant, which grows 

 near runuing water. 



" It is a very local insect, but, where occurring, abundant. It is 

 to be found in wet ravines at from 3000 to 4000 feet elevation in 

 Kulu. It is not a rapid flier, and is easily captured. When at rest 

 it may be taken by the fingers. It is very constant in its appear- 

 ance, frequenting the same localities year after year. The imago 

 does not hibernate." — Note by A. Graham Young. 



ERYCINID^, 



LiBYTHjEINiE. 

 LiBYTHEA MYRRHA. 



Libythea myrrha, Godt. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 171. 

 " Kangra valley. May to December. A tree-perching insect. 

 Settles with vertical wings." 



NEMEOBlINiE. 

 DODONA DURGA. 



Melitcea durga, Kollar, Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv. p. 441, pi. 13. 

 f. 3, 4 (1844). 



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