MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 873 



Two of the pupae failed to hatch out and, on examination, the entire 

 pupal case was found to be occupied by a large white grub which apparently- 

 developed after the change to pupa instead of hatching out from the full- 

 fed larvae. In habits and appearance larvae and pupae almost exactly 

 similar to those of V. urticoe. 



F. HANNYNGTON. 



Richmond, S. W., lQth November 1910. 



No. XXXI.— SOME BUTTERFLIES TAKEN AT FATEHGARH. 



As records of the distribution of species are often of interest I append 

 a list of butterflies taken by me in a garden at Fatehgarh during portions 

 of 1908 and 1909, Lycoznidte and Hesperiidce being omitted for want of 

 identification. 



1. Danais plexippus, Linn. — Common. 



2. Danais chrysippus, Linn. — Very common. Seemingly not distasteful 

 to mantis as I saw a mantis devouring one, and it only discarded the 

 remains when it had eaten all the body. 



3. Danais limniace, Cramer. — Fairly common. 



4. Euploea core, Cramer. — Common in rains. 



Although oleander plants were numerous in the garden, probably some 

 more attractive food-plant was there too, as I never found any larvae or 

 pupae nor any of the butterflies about the oleanders though I often search- 

 ed ; whereas in a garden in the Central Provinces some years ago where 

 there were few oleanders I found both larvae and pupae on them, and saw 

 the butterflies depositing eggs on the underside of the leaves. 



5. Euploea mulciber, Bingham. — Two S 6 and one § taken in the rains. 



6. Mycalesis perseus. — Fairly common. 



7. Melanitis ismene. — Very common in the rains, but much less in evi- 

 dence during the dry season. 



8. Junonia lemonias. — Common. 



9. Junonia oritkya. — Fairly common. 



10. Junonia hierta. — A few taken. 



11. Junonia almana. — Several taken. 



12. Vanessa cardui. — One taken. 



13. Hypolimnas bolina. — Common. At several places about the garden 

 males took up each his position and drove away all intruders. 



14. Hypolimnas misippus. — Common. 



The 'dorippus' variety and some intermediate between it and the 

 ordinary form of the $ were taken, though I did not there meet with the 

 ' doi'ippus ' variety of D. chrysippus. 



15. Atella phalantha. — Common in the rains. 



16. Argynnis hyperbius. — Common. 



