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with Mr. Hannyngton's article reached me. I had thus no opportunities 

 to refer to his record. My specimen of L. hansa was taken on Ayarpatta, 

 Naini Tal, about 7,000 feet, in June 1903, and though I was frequently on 

 Cheena, I never saw the species there. June and July were probably too 

 late, for Mr. Hannyngton's record would indicate that the species appears 

 in a spring brood. 



As regards its range in Sikkim, where I have collected a good deal, my 

 experience was that the species was fairly common up to about 2,000 feet, 

 but was never seen about 3,000. Mr. Elwes' record quoted extends the 

 raivge, but I fancy its appearance at high altitudes is rare. I see from 

 the last number of the Journal (Vol. XXI, p. 53) that Major Tytler has 

 taken L. Jcansa only at the foot of the Naga Hills, so my remarks as to the 

 altitudiual range of the species remain generally good. 



It would, as Mr. Hannyngton says, be interesting to know something 

 of the food plants of the larva of Z>. patala or D. taodana in Lower Burma. 

 Can any one oblige ? 



Having collected a good deal in Kumaon myself years ago, I was par- 

 ticularly interested in Mr. Hannyngton's valuable list, and I had hoped, when 

 it was appearing, to write to him and give him such additional informa- 

 tion as I had. I was at the time unfortunately overburdened with official 

 work and have since been away on furlough. I hope to be able to ex- 

 change notes with him at some later date when I have my books and col- 

 lections again about me. At present I can only remember that I wished 

 to communicate to him a note of the capture of two males of Poritia hewit- 

 mni, Moore, near Ranibagh, 2,000 feet, in April 1908. Mr. Hannyngton re- 

 marked that he had not met with the species in Kumaon. 



G. W. V. DeRHE-PHILIPE, f.e.s. 

 Madkas, 7t7i December 1911. 



No. XL VII. —P^PiZ/0 POLYTES IN BANGALORE. 



With reference to Mr. Fryer's appeal for information concerning 

 Papilio folytes which appeared in the last number, it may be of general 

 interest to record that the species is trimorphic in Bangalore. All the 

 three forms were reared in the insectary attached to the Entomological 

 Laboratory here, from eggs found on the Curry leaf tree {Murraya 

 kaenigii, Spreng.). The association of mimics and models came to my 

 notice only once at Honnali, Shimoga District, where P. hector and the 

 romulus were observed together on Poineiana regia, Bojier. 



K. KUNHI KANNAN, 



Assistant in Entomology to Dr. Coleman, 



State Mycologist and Entomologist. 

 Bangaxore, 22nd December 1911. 



