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not settle, but abstract tlie lioney while hovering. The larva feeds on Citru.-i " 

 (J. As. 8oc. Bengal, 1895, 513). 



Of our illustrations on Plate 460, fig. 1 is from Dr. Horsfield's Java drawings 

 of the larva and j^upa ; fig. la, b is a male from the Salween Valley, and fig. Ic a 

 female from Tavoy. 



AUAMINTA LIOMEDON (Plate 4G1, fig. 1, hn-va and i^pa, la, b, c?, Ic, ? ). 



PapiUo Liomedim, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loiul. 1871, p. 575. Ilauipsoii. Journ. As. See. Bengal, 

 1888, p. 364. Davidson and Aitken, Journ. Bombay Xa^ Hist. Soc. 1890, p. 3G7, pi. D, figs. 1, 

 2, 3, larva and j;«2)a. Ferguson, Journ. As. .Soc. Bengal, 1891, p. 4-16. 



PapiUo Demolion Liomedon, Rothschild, Nov. Zool. ii. p. 283 (1895). 



Imago. — Male and female. Upperside similar to J. Drmolioii, but differs, 

 on the forririiig, in all the spots, composing the transverse discal pale sidphur- 

 yellow band, being distinctly separated from one another, and are somewhat 

 smaller in the female. On the JtiuJwliir/ the pale sulphur-yellow band is placed 

 farther from the base, with its outer edge extending beyond the cell ; the 

 submargiual lunules are somewhat larger and have more acute outer points. 

 Underside similar to Demoliun, but with the same differences in the band, on 

 both -wings, as on the upperside, and on the hindwiug the discal black patches 

 between the veins are shorter. 



Expanse, c? 4, ? 3i inches. 



L.\RYA and Pur.\. — (See Plate 4G1.) 



H.\.DiT.\T. — South India. 



Life Hisxokv.^" On the 2nd of August we were on the very peak of Goodhally 

 Hill, when one of us noticed a P. Liomedon flying suspiciously round a tree in very 

 thick jungle. This was a tempting butterfly, but- with a painful effort of self-control 

 the net was laid down and the butterfly patiently tracked until, after wearisome 

 vacillation, it settled on a tender shoot of Acronycliia lanri/olia. It remained settled 

 for a long time, and then flew off altogether, leaving ten eggs, laid one on top of tiie 

 other, as shown on the jjlate. On the 7th of August the caterpillars emerged, and, to 

 minimize risk, were divided between three glass tubes, tightly corked. On August 

 10th a gust of wind blew one of the tubes off the table and three of the caterpillars 

 perished, but the remaining seven throve and were in due time transferred to a 

 branch standing in a bottle of water. The mouth of the bottle was plugged with 

 cotton wool, but two of them forced their way in and committed suicide. By a 

 prompt use of the means recommended by the Humane Society for the restoration of 

 persons apparently drowned, one was revived, but continued weakly, and was soon 



