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A LIST OF THE BUTTERFLIES OF MUSSOORIE IN 



THE WESTERN HIMALAYAS AND 



NEIGHBOURING REGIONS. 



By Philip W. MacKinnon, F. E. S., and Lionel db Nioeville, 



0. M. Z. S., F. E. S., etc. 



(With Plates U, V, and W.) 



[Continued from Vol. XI, page 221.J 



Sub-Family Nymphalin^e. 

 54. Ergolis merione, Cramer. 

 Very common in the Dehra Dun, where the food-plant of its bright 

 green spiny larva, the castor-oil plant, Ricinus communis, L., Natural 

 Order Euphorbiacece, grows. Found also occasionally in Mussoorie in 

 August. Mr. Moore described E. tapestrina from " Deyra Doon," 

 that species being an occasional aberration only. 



55. Euripus conslmilis, Westwood. 

 This lovely insect is very rare. We have seen only two males and 

 six females taken in April, October and December, all from Dehra 

 Dun. There is a pair in the collection of the Indian Museum, Cal- 

 cutta, which was supposed to have come from Mussoorie, but they 

 were more probably obtained in the low valleys below that station. 



56. Cupha erymanthis, Drury. 



Common in the Dehra Dun in May and October ; a straggler or two 

 is occasionally found in Mussoorie early in May. 



57. Melitjsa sindurAj Moore. 



Brought in very rarely by native collectors from the Nilang Pass, 

 Tehri Garhwal, 18,000 feet, in July. 



58. Atella sinha, Kollar. 

 Rare, occurs in the Dun from August to December, and in the 

 valleys to the north of Mussoorie in April and August. We have 

 it also from the Bhilung district of Tehri Garhwal in September. 

 59. Atella phalantha, Drury. 

 Very common in Mussoorie and in the Dun, and is on the wing 

 from May to October. 



60. Cethosia cyane, Drury. 

 Recorded from " Massuri " by Kollar as C. cyane^ Fabricius [sic}. 



