S94 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXVII. 



Family— NEMEOBID^. 



153. Zemeros flegyas confucms, Fruh. 



Very common both in the hills and plains at all seasons. 



154. Taxila thuisto, Hew. 



Not common, on the lower slopes of the hills throughout the district. 



155. Taxila haquinus fasciata, Moore. 

 Common all over the district in heavy jungle. 



156. Abisara neophron, Hew. 



Very common in streams at the foot of the hills in dense jungle. 



157. Abisara echerius angulata, Moore. 



Very common at all seasons, both on the hills and in the plains. 



Family— PAPILIONID^. 



158. Papilio ceacus, Fd. 



Common from October to June at all elevations in heavy forest. Very 

 plentiful along the banks of the stream, that passes by Pagaye, in March 

 attracted there by the flowers of a shrub. 



159. Papilio zaleucus, Hew. 



Plentiful on Kalataung, 1,500', and on the hill W. of Kambauk, 600'. 

 About 30 males and five females were taken there in two daj^s, 21st and 

 22nd December 1919. They were attracted here bj^ the flowers of a sj)ecies 

 of Ageratum as several were taken on the flowers ; they were not observed on 

 any other part of the hill, nor did I see any at Pagaye. In examining the 

 series I possess I find that the white areas on the upperside of the hind- 

 wings vary considerably, from four white interspaces to one, and in a single 

 specimen there is no white at all, the wing being entirely black. This single 

 specimen is indistinguishable from P. varuna a-storion, Wd. On the under- 

 side it has white interspaces, but so also has a specimen of P. varvna from 

 Sikkim which is in my collection. I did not meet with P. varuna in Tavoy, 

 so that it is probable that these two are only races of one species. 



160. Pailio aristolochice goniopeltis, Eoth. 



This is not a common butterfly and was taken sparingly at Maungmagan 

 during December 1919. 



161. Papilio coon doubledayi, Wall. 



A common species found at all elevations in heavy jungle. It is very 

 plentiful from October to May. 



162. Papilio neptunus, Guer. No. 1 in plate. 



Two males and one female of this rare butterfly were taken. One male 

 at Kalachaung in June 1912, a male at Mergui in April 1914 and a female on 

 Kalataung, 1,700', on 23rd December 1919. This species is new to the Indian 

 region and so far has only been recorded from Borneo, Malacca, Sumatra 

 and Nias. The forewings are black above with pale, almost white, patches 

 between the veins. Hind-wings black, with a discal series of elongate red 

 spots in interspaces 1 to 4. Underside as above, but paler and the red 

 patches much smaller ; breast red at the sides ; abdomen, fore part black, the 

 rest yellow. The abdominal fold has some grey powdering. 



Epanse (^ — 3-8, 9 — 4-1 inches. 



163. Papilio paradoxus telearchus. Hew. 



Evidently a rare species as onjy two males and two females have been 

 taken in about 9 years collecting. A pair were caught at Pagaye in Sep- 

 tember and a male in October 1914, and a female in the Kaleianaung 

 Forest Reserve in October 1916. 



