240 LEPIDOPTERA IXDICA. 



the West Coast during the eai-ly part of the inonsoon ; again late in the monsoon in 

 August, September, and October. Its changes occupy 8 or 10 days. In its earl}^ 

 stages the larva has spikes like those of the Ornithoptera, P. Hector, etc." (MS. 

 Kotes). Mr. G. F. Hampson obtained it on the " Nilgiris at 1000 to 7000 feet 

 elevation " (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1888, 363). Lieut. E. Y. Watson took it in " Mysore, 

 in October, November, December, and January; very commou " (.J. Bombay X. H. S. 

 1890, 9). Mr. H. J. Ferguson found it " common in the low country and the Hills of 

 Travancore " (id. I.e. 1891, 446). In Ceylon, it is "a common lon'-couutry butterfly 

 and takes a large share in the annual migratory flights " (de Niceville, J. As. Soc. 

 Beng. 1899, 221. " Mr. F. M. Mackwood records it as being found iu the low- 

 country of Ceylon, and up to about 4000 feet elevation. Abundant at all times of 

 the year. Capt. Wade took it at Colombo, very common, also at Galle. Appears 

 at Kandy, but not very plentiful" (Lep. Ceylon, i. 147). Sir W. Elliot obtained it 

 "commonly, in Madras, the larva being found feeding on Feronia elephautiivi, also on 

 the Lime (Citrus Limonium and G. denimdiia ; on Gldoroxxjlon Ehretia and C. Svie- 

 tcnia in July, on Ruta aucjustifolia in September, and Fsoralla coryllfolia in December 

 and June, and on Trij^hasia trifoHata" (MS. Isotes). Mr. W. C. Taylor records it 

 as " very common at Khorda, in Orissa " (List, 1888, 16). Mr. J. Rothney says it 

 is " very common in Barrackpur Park, near Calcutta, from March to end of October " 

 (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1882, 33). Mr. L. de Isiceville records it as " very common in 

 Calcutta. Larva feeds upon QJ/jle inaruielos" (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1885, 51). Capt. 

 Mortimer Slater writes " very common all over the Bengal Presidency. Tiie larva 

 feeds on the Lime, Orange, and Bel tree" (MS. Notes). Col. C. Swinhoe records 

 it from the " Kbasia Hills" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 314). Mr. J. Wood-Mason 

 obtained five males and one female at Silcuri and its neighbourhood, Cachar, from 

 April to August" (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1880, 377). In Sikkim it is " only found in 

 the Terai and the outer hills at low elevations" (H. J. Eiwes, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 

 429). Mr. L. de Xiceville says it is "found in Sikkim, only at low elevations 

 sparinglv. Mr. H. C. Dnds^eon found the larva at 1500 feet elevation feeding on 

 wild Citron " (Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 173). AVe possess specimens from General 

 G. Ramsay's Nepal Collection. 



It also occurs in Siam ; S. China ; Foochau ; Hongkong ; Hainan ; Formosa. 



Of our illustrations on Plate 466, fig. 1 represents the larviB and pupae, copied 

 from Sir W. Elliot's original drawings made in Madras; figs, la, b, the male, and 

 Ic, the female. 



ORPHEIEES MALAYANUS. 



Papilio ErilJionius, loc. form Malayanus, Wallace, Trans. Linn. Soc. LonJ. xxv. p. 59 (1865). 

 Fapilio Malayans, Butler, id. I.e. 1877, p. 552. 



