BUTTERFLIES FROM THE CHIN HILLS, 637 



Zipcetes scylas;^ Neptis cartica, Symbrenthia niplianda, Cyaniris dilectus, 

 Phengaris atrogutiata^ Ortliomiella pontis, Nacaduba bhiUea, Castalius 

 anandaj Arrliopala ganesa, Acesina paraganesay Jlerda androcles^ 

 Aphnceus scMstacea, Deudorix epijarhas, Rapala huxaria^ Armandia 

 lidderdaliij Papilio papJius, Ismene ataphus^ CeljxnorrJiinus pero, Daimio 

 narada, Tagiades obscurus^ Pampldla gemmata^ Augiades hralima^ 

 and Halpe cerata. 



Family KYMPHALID^. 

 Subfamily EuPLCEiNiE. 

 1. Danais (Tirumala) limniace, Cramer. 

 Common everywhere up to 3,500 feet ; also from Manipur. 



2. -Danais (Tirumala) septentrionis, Butler. 

 Similarly distributed and almost equally common, 



3. Danais (Limnas) chrysippus, Linnsaus. 

 Not noticed above 3,500 feet ; also from Manipur. 



4. Danais (Saiatura) plexippus, Linn ecus. 

 Common everywhere up to 7,000 feet ; also from Manipur, 



5. Danais (Parantica) mblanoides, Moore, 

 Common in the Upper Chindwin and up to 3,500 feet in the Hills, 



6. Danais (Caduga) melaneus, Cramer. 

 A single female from the Upper Chindwin in April, and a male at 

 3,500 feet in May. 



7. Danais (Caduga) tytia, Gray. 

 A single female at 5,000 feet in May. 



8. EuPLCEA (Crastia) godaetii, LucaSo 

 Extremely common in the Upper Chindwin ; also from Manipur. 

 This must be almost the north-western limit to which this species 

 ranges. 



(Var.) LAYARDII, Druce. 

 Two males from the Upper Chindwin in May and June. I have 

 absolutely no doubt that this so-called species is nothing morf» than a 

 casual variety of C. godartii, and that wherever that species occiirs com- 

 monly, specimens of the form layardii will occasionally be met with. 

 The latter is recorded in Moore's " Lepidoptera Indica " from Siam, 

 Upper Tenasserim and Aiakan ; I have also taken it at Toungoo, Lower 

 Burma, and in the Yaw District, Upper Burma. Distant records it 

 under the name E. binghami from the Malay Peninsula, Java, and 



