362 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON [June 29, 
“Common (at Campbellpore) May and June; at Murree in 
August.”—J. W. Y. 
24. ARGYNNIS KAMALA. 
Argynnis kamala, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. Co. Mus. i. p. 156. 
n. 324 (1857). 
Q@, Thundiani, 23rd September, 1885. 
«A few at Murree and along the slope of Thundiani in Sep- 
tember.”—J. W. Y. 
25. ARGYNNIS ISSA. 
Argynnis issea, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. Co. Mus. i. p. 156. n. 3238 
(1857). 
Murree, 5th, 23rd, and 28th August, 3rd September ; melanistic 
var., lst October, 1885. 
«« Argynnis lathonia apud de Nicéville ; Argynnis issea apud Swin- 
hoe. Common at Murree, August and September, and found along 
the hills as far as Thundiani.’”—J. W. Y. 
No lepidoptcrist familiar with A. lathonia of Europe could fail to 
note the differences which exist between this form and the European 
one: it is, of course, a local representative of A. lathonia as every 
species of butterfly is of some other, so far as I have been able to 
ascertain, but it never really corresponds with European specimens. 
26. ATELLA PHALANTA. 
Papilio phalanta, Drury, Ill. Ex. Ent. 1. pl. 21. figs. 1, 2 (1773). 
6, Hassan Abdal, 14th October, 1885. 
27. MELITHA PERSEA. 
Melitea persea, Kollar, Denksch. Akad. Wien, math.-nat. Cl. i. 
p. 52. n. 6 (1850). 
Campbellpore, Khairabad side near Attock Bridge, 1st November, 
1885. 
“‘ Melitea robertsii apud de Nicéville ; M. didyma apud Swinhoe. 
Not uncommon.”’—J. W. Y. 
This species may readily be distinguished from M. rodertsii, apart 
from other characters, by the black markings on the basal two thirds 
of secondaries, which do not exist in the Candahar species. After 
comparing it with our series of thirty-four M. didyma and fifteen 
M. trivia, I have not the least hesitation in supporting Mr. Kirby’s 
opinion that it is much more nearly allied to the latter than to the 
former species. 
The two specimens sent by Major Yerbury, though not absolutely 
agreeing with any of our nine typical examples of M. persea, differ 
only in characters which the series before me proves to be variable, 
the principal of these characters being the ill-defined submarginal 
spots on the upper surface of the secondaries and the less perfect 
row on the under surface of the primaries ; uo two specimens, how- 
ever, absolutely correspond in these points. 
