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of this family is P. memnon, which occurs fairly frequently in the more 

 wooded parts of the island ; it has a peculiar loping sort of flight, and 

 is generally travelling much faster than it appears, when one tries to 

 get ifc into the net. 



The other species of the black forms of Papilio found here are : — 

 P. protenor, P. polytes, which is common in most places, P. Manor, 

 which looks somewhat like P. parts when on the wing, and P. aristo- 

 lochiae, which is said to be rare, although I succeeded in obtaining 

 three examples in one day at the Happy Valley ; the Hong Kong 

 specimens are of a much larger and brighter description than those of 

 my collection from India and the Malay St.ites. I think that this 

 species may often be mistaken for the "red" female of P. polytes, 

 which is of frequent occurrence here. 



The next three species that I collected belong to the " Sarpedon " 

 group, viz., P. sarpedon, P. agamemnon, and P. eurypilus. These insects 

 are fairly common here, but have an extremely rapid flight, and one's 

 only chance of netting them is when they are poised in front of a 

 flower engaged in feeding, and even then the utmost caution must be 

 observed in the approach, as once they are alarmed they are off like 

 the wind. 



Another strikingly handsome Papilio found here is P. antiphates, 

 which occurs in the rainy season, but did not seem to me to be very 

 common ; I only found it during the month of July, on the mainland. 

 P. clytia, in the black and white form, is also fairly frequent. This 

 insect appears to mimic certain species of the Danaidae, which are of 

 such common occurrence here. The last of the " swallow-tails " 

 here is P. demoleus, a fairly common species, and found on waste pieces 

 of ground. 



From the foregoing list it will be seen that the genus Papilio is 

 well represented for so small an area. It will also be observed that 

 although Hong Kong is nearly outside the tropics, and has a temperate 

 and sometimes quite cold winter, the species are nearly all tropical and 

 not Palaearctic. 



I have not found that the Fam. Pieridae is so well represented as 

 one would suppose. I only succeeded in obtaining nine species of this 

 large family during my stay here, although I expect that there were 

 other members of the family that I did not succeed in obtaining. 



About the most brilliant of the Pierids I found was Delias hierte, 

 which I discovered was uncommon, and when seen was generally flying 

 at a great height around trees. D. pasitho'e I noted in the month of 

 February, it seemed local, but common enough when found. Terias 

 hecabe is about the commonest insect here, it seems to be everywhere, 

 flitting here and there low down over the ground. Other species I have 

 collected here are Lvias pyrene, Hebomoia glaucippe, which generally 

 flies fairly high up amongst the trees, and the two Catopsilia, C. 

 pyranthe and C. pomona, both of which are common on waste ground. 



Of the genus Pieris, P. canidia, and P. covonis are the only two I 

 have captured here, both of them very common at the right season. 

 Among some of the more striking of the Lepidoptera found here are 

 those of the Sub-Fanl. Danainae, the commonest species being 

 Danais similis, which abounds everywhere. The other species of the 

 black and greenish Danaids I have obtained being J), lininiace and D. 

 septentrionis, which, while fairly common, are not so frequently met 



