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Bridge, Khaii'abad side, in April; Hassan Abdal in May, and at Thundiani in 

 August " (id. Ann. N. H. 1888, 204). Mr. W. Doberty obtained it in the " Kumaon 

 Hills, from 2,000 to 11,000 feet elevation, from the Kali Valley at Jliulaghat up to 

 Garbyan in Byans " (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1886,135). Mr. P. W. Mackinnon 

 records it as " common both at Masuri and in the Dun all the year round" (J. 

 Bombay N. H. Soc. 1898, 590). Capt. A. M. Lang found it "abundant at 

 Umballa in the Plains in January, and up to 10,000 feet altitude everywhere in the 

 N. W. Himalayas " (But. Mo. Mag. 1864, 103). We possess a female from Nepal 

 taken by Gen. G. Ramsay. In Sikkim " it is common at 4,000 to 12,000 feet altitude 

 during the rainy season, and found, according to MoUer, as low as 3,000 feet from 

 March to December " (H. J. Blwes, Tr. Eut. Soc. 1888, 415). Mr. G. 0. Dudgeon 

 obtained it in Bhotan, in May. In South India it is recorded by Mr. G. F, Hampson 

 from the " Nilgiris, being confined to the Plateau " (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1888, 362). 

 Specimens from Ootacamund, Nilgiris, and the Annamully Hills, 3,000 to 4,000 feet 

 altitude, are in the British Museum Collection. Col. C. Swinhoe has S23ecimens of 

 both sexes from Madras. Dr. G. Watt obtained it near Manipur ; specimens from 

 the Khasias and Shilloug, Assam, are in the British Museum. In Burma, according 

 to Col. C. H. E. Adamson, it is •' common throughout the cold weather about Bhamo 

 and among the Hills on the Upper Chiudwin River " (List, 1897, 44). Capt. E. Y. 

 Watson found it " common in the North Chin Hills, at from 6,000 to 7,000 feet 

 altitude, in April. A few being also obtained in the Upper Chindwin in April and 

 May " (Journ. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1897, 669). Capt. Watson also took it at " Tilin 

 in December and February, during the Chin-Lushai Expedition of 1889-90 " (id. I.e. 

 1891, 51). Dr. Leonard Fea obtained it at Cobago in April, and also at Bhamo. 

 Dr. N. Manders took it in " April, when on the Jatsouk Expedition, and in August 

 at Fort Stedman, Shan States" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, 534). 



Of our illustrations on Plate 520, figs. 1, la are from a N.W. Himalayan male ; 

 lb, from a Kaschmir male; Ic, Madras male; Id, a Simla female; le, a Madras 

 female; If, female ; Ig, a Nepal female ; and Ih, a Nilgiri female. 



China .and Japan Species. — Danaus Gisseis (Pieris Cisseis, Leech, Entom. 1890, 

 p. 192, c?; id. Butt, of China, Corea, and Japan, ii. p. 455, pi. 43, fig. 5, c? (1894). 

 Hahitaf. C. China; Yunnan. — Danaus Grucivora (Pieris Crucivora, Boisduval, Spec. 

 Gen. Lep. i. p. 522 (1836). De L'Orza, Lep. Japan, p. 12 (1869). Sy7i. Pieris 

 Orientalis, Oberthiir, Btud. Ent. v. p. 13 (1880). P. Mandschuria, Speyer, Stett. 

 Ent. Zeit. 1882, p. 379. Pieris Rapte, Leech, Butt, of China, etc. ii. p. 456 (1894). 

 Habitat. E. China ; Corea ; Japan. — Danaus Melete (Pieris Melete, Menetries, 

 Catal. Lep. Mus. Petropol. ii. p. 113, pi. 10, fig. 1, 2, c? ? (1857). Leech, Butt, of 

 China, ii. p. 448 (1894). Habitat. Japan. — Danaus Aglaope (Pieris Aglaope, 

 Motsch, Etudes Eut. ix. p. 28 (1860). P. Melete, var. Aglaope, Leech, I.e. ii. p. 449. 



