688 

 NOTES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM THE NAGA HILLS. 



BY 



Major H. C. Tytler, 17th Infantry. 



(With Plate B.) 



• Part II. 



(Continued from -page 65 of this Volume.^ 



Family— PAPILIONID^. 



188. Arx&aiZl&iai lidderdali, Atkinson. — Males not uncommon, females 

 Tare, at 5,500 ft. — 7,000 ft. during the latter half of August, September 

 and the first half of October. The first specimen was obtained on 19th 

 August and the last on November 10th. Perfect males were only obtainable 

 till about 20th September, after that the majority of the specimens were 

 damaged. Most of the females taken were perfect. The butterfly though 

 not uncommon is rather local and keeps to the higher ridges. Many 

 specimens were captured on a white flowering tree which comes into 

 blossom towards the middle of September. Two females after capture 

 laid eggs which were yellow and appeared very small for the size of the 

 insect. The flight is graceful and the insect is not difficult to capture 

 when it occasionally comes down to within reach of the net, but as a rule 

 it keeps high up amongst the tree tops. 



189. LePtOCirCUS CUriUS, Fabr. — Taken commonly throughout the year 

 at low elevations. 



190. LePtOCirCTlS meges, Zinchen-Sommer. Race, iadistincta, »• — This 

 differs from the Burmese form Z. virescens, Butler, and typical Z. mec/es from 

 the Philippines in having on the underside of the hindwing the tornal area 

 much greyer and the three white transverse bands blurred and not clearly 

 defined. 



Taken not uncommonly at 4,000 — 5,000 ft. from April to October and 

 single male at Gaspani, 1,700 ft., in July. 



191. TeinoPalPUS imperialis, Hope. — Many males taken at 7,000 ft. 

 in September ; no females were seen. 



192. TaPiliO cerToemS, Felder. — Not uncommon at the foot of the hills 

 from March to August. 



193. rapilio seacus, Felder. — Taken sparingly at the foot of the hills 

 in March and June and at 7,000 ft. in August. 



194. PapiliO aristolOCMsB, Fabr. — A few specimens taken at the foot 

 of the hills in July and August and December. 



