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Family LYCENID^. 

 134. Megisba malaya, Horsfield. 

 The tailed form has been taken in the Bhilung District of Tehri 

 Garhwal in September, and in Dehra Dun from February to November. 

 135. Lyclena medon, Hufnagel. 

 Very common in Mussoorie from 3,500 to 7,200 feet elevation from 

 April to July. 



136. Lycjena ariana, Moore. 

 Very numerous in the Nila and Baspa Valleys in the interior at 

 about 12,000 feet elevation from July to September. 

 137. Lyc^ena lehana, Moore. 

 Occurs rarely in June and July on the Nilung Pass in the interior 

 at a great elevation. 



138. Lyclena galathea, Blanchard. 

 Exceedingly common in the Nila and Baspa Valleys near the snows 

 from July to September, the female as usual rarer than the male. 



139. Chilades trochilus, Freyer. 

 Occasionally found in Mussoorie in May and July, common in Dehra 



Dun in December. 



140. Cyaniris vardhana, Moore. 



Not common in Mussoorie from May to July, and in October, some- 

 what more plentiful in the interior. 



141. Cyaniris albooeruleus, Moore. 



Rare in Mussoorie and double-brooded, flies from April to July, and 

 in September. Mr. Moore recorded it from " Deyra Doon," but that 

 valley is probably too low for it. 



142. Cyaniris PUSPA, Horsfield. 



Occurs in great numbers in the low valleys about Mussoorie and 

 in Dehra Dun from April to July, and in August, September and 

 November. 



143. Cyaniris ccelestina, Kollar. Plate V, Figs. 13a, 136, larva; 



13c, 13<#, pupa. 



Common in Mussoorie from 3,000 to 7,000 feet elevation all through 

 the summer and autumn. The larva feeds on Prinsepia utilis, Royle, 

 Natural Order Rosacea. Dr. A. Forel, of Geneva, has identified the 

 ant which attends this species in Mussoorie as Acantholepis capensis, 

 Mayr, var. lunar is, Em. 



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