1882. ] FROM THE N.W. HIMALAYA. 243 
MELIT#A BALBITA. 
Melitea balbita, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 268, pl. 43. f. 5. 
‘*Rhotung Pass.” 
SYMBRENTHIA HyPPocLus. (Plate XI. figs. 4, 4a, larva.) 
Papilio hyppoclus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pl. 220. f. C, D (1782). 
** Larva on nettle, August, 6200 feet.” 
ATELLA PHALANTA. 
Papilio phalanta, Drury, Must. Exot. Ins. i. pl. 21. f. 1, 2 (1773). 
** Found in the valleys.” 
ACRAINE. 
PAREBA VESTA. 
Papilio vesta, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 14 (1787). 
Acrea anomala, Kollar, Hiigel’s Kasch. iv. p. 425, pl. 3. f. 3, 4 
(1844). 
‘Larva feeds on the willow-leaved nettle (Bohmeria talicifolia). 
Imago, July to September. Eggs deposited in September, and 
hatch in about twenty days. Length of young larva 3 to 4 lines, 
entirely black. When about three weeks old they moult and then 
hibernate, reappearing in the following April. They moult again 
early in May, when they assume the red head. The larve generally 
feed on the upper branches of the plant, are gregarious, and drop 
to the ground when disturbed. Third moult early in June, about 
the middle of which month they suspend themselves by the tail near 
the bottom of the stems of the bushes, and there change to the pupa 
state. The imago appears in about fifteen days, in the first or 
second week in July. A few come out in August and September, 
but not in sufficient numbers to constitute a succession of broods. 
The imago is seldom found far from the food-plant, which grows 
near runuing water. 
‘It is a very local insect, but, where occurring, abundant. It is 
to be found in wet ravines at from 3000 to 4000 feet elevation in 
Kulu. It is not a rapid flier, and is easily captured. When at rest 
it may be taken by the fingers. It is very constant in its appear- 
ance, frequenting the same localities year after year. The imago 
does not hibernate.’”— Note by A. Graham Young. 
ERYCINIDA, 
LinyTHZINE. 
LIBYTHEA MYRRBA. 
Libythea myrrha, Godt. Enc. Méth. ix. p. 171. 
‘Kangra valley, May to December. A tree-perching insect. 
Settles with vertical wings.” 
NEMEOBIINE. 
DopoNA DURGA. 
Melitea durga, Kollar, Hiigel’s Kaschmir, iv. p. 441, pl. 13. 
f. 3, 4 (1844). 
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