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elevation. The small specimens of the spring brood, which have been 

 named P. peeroza by Mr. Moore, are of course found in the same spots 

 where the butterflies of the larger rains' broods are found. 



262. Papilio (Achillides) abctubus, Westwood. 

 Rare in May in Tehri Garhwal. 

 263. Papilio (Pazala) glyceeion caschmieensis, Rothschild. 



Plate W, Figs. 25a, larva; 25b, 25c, pupa*. 

 Very common in Mussoorie at about 5,000 feet in March and April. 

 The larva feeds on Machilus odoratlssima, Nees, Natural Order Lauri- 

 new, and its transformations have been described by Mrs. Robson in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. ix, p. 497 (1895). 



264. Papilio (Pathysa) nomiuSj Esper. 

 Exceedingly common in the forests of the Dun from March to May. 

 Recorded from " Ohukrata " by Oberthih', but probably in error, as 

 it does not extend into the hills, Chakrata being a military cantonment 

 about twenty-five miles north of Mussoorie in the hills. 



265. Papilio (Dalchina) sabpedon, Linnaeus. Plate W, 

 Figs. 26a, 266, pupa. 

 Very common at Mussoorie in the spring, summer, and beginning 

 of the rainy season, and in the Dun in March and August. The larva 

 in Mussoorie feeds on the leaves of Machilus odoratissima , Nees, 

 Natural Order Laurinece. The larva pupates in June, and the imago 

 emerges the following spring. 



266. Papilio (Dalchina) cloanthus, Westwood. Plate W, 

 Figs. 27a, 275, larva; 27c, Tld^pupa. 

 Common in the spring and summer months in Mussoorie. The 

 larva feeds on the leaves of Machilus odoratissima, Nees, Natural 

 Order Laurinece ; is bright green with a yellow collar on the fifth 

 segment. The pupa is bright green, with the angles yellow. The 

 larva pupates in June, and the butterfly emerges in the following April. 

 Mrs. Robson has described the transformations of this species in the 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. ix, p. 497 (1895). 

 267. Paenassius haedwickii, Gray. 

 Very common in April, and from July to September in the interior 

 to the north of Mussoorie from 10,000 to 12,000 feet elevation ; 

 especially so in the valleys near the Nilung and Nila Passes. Recorded 

 from " Masuri" (but in error) by Felder, 

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