A LIST OF BUTTERFLIES OF THE PALNI HILLS. 381 



Museum collection and showed me several butterflies lie had caught 

 himself during a recent visit to Kodaikanal. My thanks are 

 also due to Father Gronpere of St. Xaviers College, Shembaganur. 

 who kindly let me go through the College collection ; I understood 

 from him that periodically, the better insects are removed to the 

 College at Trichinopoly, which unfortunately I was unable to visit. 

 The list is, I am afraid, rather meagre ; there are a number of 

 common species not included, which are bound to occur and I think 

 that an ardent resident collector would not take long to add another 

 hundred species. 



1. Hestia malabarica. — Dr. Campbell saw some specimens several years 

 a° - o in the St. Xaviers College collection which he thinks must have come 

 from somewhere in the Palnis. 



2. Danais plexippus. 1 Common all the year at low elevations and 



3. Danais chrysippus. V often seen high up, especially during migra- 



4. Danais septentrionis. ) tions in October and November. 



•>. Danais limniace. — Obtained by Mr. Evershed at 2,000 feet in June, 

 also caught by Dr. Henderson. 



6. Danais aylea. — Rare at low elevations, May, June, October. 



7. Danais nilyiriensis. — Common above 2,000 feet all the year round, espe- 

 cially so in Tiger Sholah. 



8. Euploea coreta. } All fly together at low elevations probably 



9. Euploea core. V throughout the year ; the species are difficult to 

 10. Euploea hollar/. ) differentiate between on the wing. I spent a 



morning near the Tope catching nothing but Euploeas which happened 

 just then to be particularly abundant, and found that 80 per cent, proved 

 to be core, 16 per cent, coreta and 4 per cent, kollari. Core is frequently 

 seen at high elevations especially during migrations, while coreta may 

 be caught in Tiger Sholah. 



11. Mycalesis perseus. — Dr. Tracy has a pair from 3,000 feet. 



12. Mycalesis mineus. — Two wet season males caught near the Tope in 

 September. 



13. Mycalesis subdita. — Wet season form common to 6,000 feet, May, 

 June, August to October ; the dry season form recorded by Mr. Evershed in 

 November. My specimens differ from wet season visala from Sikkim pre- 

 cisely as described by Bingham with respect to the male brand, while all 

 the ocelli on the underside are smaller and less prominent. The brand in 

 dry season visala from Sikkim does not seem to pierce the discal band as 

 it should do. 



14. Mycalesis oculus. — Very common above 4,000 feet in forest, May, 

 June, August to October, especially in Tiger Sholah. Dr. Campbell notes 

 that a fresh brood appears at the end of May. 



