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92. Hcphixa nerissa, Fabricins. 



Pnpilio nerissa, Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 471, n. 123 (1775); Pieris (Huphina) 

 nerissa, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 466, n. 85 ; Huphina nerissa, 

 Butler, Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., seventh series, vol. iii, p. 212, n. 53 (1899); 

 Papilio amasone, Cramer, Pap. Ex , vol. 1, p. 68, pi. xliv, fig. A, male (1775) ; Papilio 

 coronis, Cramer, Pap. Ex., vol. 1, p. 69, pi. xliv, figs. B, C, female (1775) ; Huphina 

 pallida, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 18S5, p. 137, n. 103; Pieris (Huphina) 

 pallida, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 466, n. 86. 



The larva in India feeds on Capparis, Natural Order Gapparideas. 

 93*. Huphina aspasia, Stoll. 



Papilio aspasia, Stoll, Suppl. Cramer, Pap. Ex., p. 148. pi. xxxiii, figs. 3, 3c, 

 male (1790) ; Pieris (Hupina) aspasia, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 466, 

 n. 87; Huphina dig a, Bntler, Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., seventh, series, vol. iii, 

 p. 210, n. 43 (1899). 



Mr. James J. "Walker records a single specimen from Hongkong 

 in the collection of the British Museum. True H. aspasia, Stoll, appears 

 to be confined to the Moluccas, but the variety or local race, Pontia olga, 

 Eschscholtz, is extremely common in the Philippines, and a specimen 

 may easily have been blown over to Hongkong from thence in a ty- 

 phoon. It has apparently not been bred, but like all Huphinas the 

 larva probably feeds on capers, Natural Order Capparideee. 



94 Pieris canidia, Sparrman. 



Papilio canidia, Sparrman, Amoen. Acad.,' vol. vii, p. 504, note m (1768) ; Pieris 

 canidia, Leech, Bntt. from China, Japan, and Corea, p. 456 (1893 J ; Pieris (Ganoris) 

 canidia, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 465, n. 84. 



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 The larva of this butterfly, which is by far the commonest species 



in Hongkong, feeds on various species of Brassica, Natural Order Cruci- 

 ferse. 



Subfamily PAPILIONIN^E. 



95. Papilio aristolochi^, Fabricius. 



Papilio aristolochise, Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 443, n. 3 (1775) ; Eothschild, Nov. 

 Zool., vol. ii, p. 245, n. 39 (1895) ; Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 468, n. 91. 



The larva in India feeds on Aristolochia, Natural Order Aristolo- 

 chiacese. 



96*. Papilio xuthus, Linnaeus. 



Papilio xuthus, Linnasns, Syst. Nat. Ins , ed. xii, vol. i, pt. 2, p. 751, n. 34 

 (1767;; Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 472, n. 104; Rothschild, Nov. 

 Zool., vol ii. p. 503 (1895); Papilio xanthus, Rothschild, Nov. Zool., vol. ii, p. 278, 

 n. 66 (1895). 



