362 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON [JunC 29, 



" Common (at Campbellpore) May and June ; at Murree in 

 August."— J". IT. T. 



24. Argynnis kamala. 



Arffynnis kamala, Moore, Cat. Lep. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 156. 

 n. 324 (1857). 



2,Thundiani, 23rd September, 1885. 



" A few at Murree and along the slope of Thundiani in Sep- 

 tember."—/. W^. T. 



25. Argynnis iss^ea. 



Argijnnis isscea, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. Co. Mus. i. p. 156. n. 323 

 (1857). 



Murree, 5th, 23rd, and 28th August, 3rd September ; melanistic 

 var., 1st October, 1885. 



"Argynnis latlwnia apud de Niceville ; Argynnis isscea apud Swin- 

 hoe. Common at Murree, August and September, and found along 

 the hills as far as Thiuidiaui." — J. W. Y. 



No lepidopt( rist familiar with A. lathonia of Europe could fail to 

 note the differences which exist between this form and the European 

 one : it is, of com se, a local representative of A. lathonia as every 

 species of butterfly is of some other, so far as I have been able to 

 ascertain, but it never really corresponds with European specimens. 



26. Atella phalanta. 



Papilio phalanta, Drury, 111. Ex. Ent. i. pi. 21. figs. 1, 2 (1773). 

 S, Hassan Abdal, 14th Oclober, 1885. 



27. Melit^a persea. 



Melitcea persea, KoUar, Denksch. Akad. Wien, math.-nat. CI. i. 

 p. 52. n. 6 (1850). 



Campbellpore, Khairabad side near Attock Bridge, 1st November, 

 1885. 



" MeliteBtt robertsii apud de Niceville ; M. didyma apud Swinhoe. 

 Not uncomiuon." — /. W. T. 



This species may readily be distinguished from M. robertsii, apart 

 from other characters, by the black markings on the basal two thirds 

 of secondaries, which do not exist in the Candahar species. After 

 comparing it with our series of thirty-four M. didyma and fifteen 

 M. trivia, I have not the least hesitation in supporting Mr. Kirby's 

 opinion that it is much more nearly allied to the latter than to the 

 former species. 



The two specimens sent by Major Yerbury, though not absolutely 

 agreeing with any of our nine typical examples of M. persea, differ 

 only in characters which the series before me proves to be variable, 

 the principal of these characters being the ill-defined submarginal 

 spots on the upper surface of the secondaries and the less perfect 

 row on the under surface of the primaries ; no two specimens, how- 

 ever, absolutely correspond in these points. 



