36 L, de Niceville — Butterflies of Hongkong in Southern China. [No. 1, 



135. Parnara bevani, Moore. 

 Hesperia bevani, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, p. 688. 

 The larva in South Iudia feeds on rice, Oryza, Natural Order 

 Graminese. 



136*. Ismene ataphus, Watson. 



Ismene ataphus, Watson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 126 ; Walker, Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 473, n. 106. 



The larva in Ceylon and the Western Himalayas feeds on Hiptage, 

 Natural Order Malpighiacese. 



137*. Hasora vitta, Butler. 



Hesperia vitta, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1870, p. 498, Lep. Ex., p. 167, 

 d. 3, pi. lix, fig. 9 (1874) ; Hasara vitta, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, 

 p. 473, n. 107. 



Originally described from. Sarawak in Borneo. The sex of the 

 type specimen is not stated by the describer. It has never been 

 bred. 



138. Parata Alexis, Fabricius. 



Papilio alezis, Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 533, n. 387 (1775) ; Papilio cramus, 

 Cramer, Pap. Ex., vol. iii, p. 163, pi. cclxxxiv, fig. E, male (1780). 



This is probably the species Mr. J. J. Walker records from Hong- 

 kong as Hasora vitta, Butler. The larva in Calcutta feeds on Pangamia, 

 Natural Order Leguminosse, and on Heynea, Natural Order Meliacese ; 

 in South India it feeds on the first-named plant. 



139. Rhopalocampta benjaminii, G-uerin. 



Thymele benjaminii, Guerin, Delessert 's Souv. voy. dans l'lnde, vol. ii, p. 79, 

 pi. xxii, fig. 2. 



The larva in Sikhim in the Eastern Himalayas feeds on Sabia 

 Natural Order Sabiacese ; and in the Western Himalayas on the same 

 plant. 



140*. Ctclopides etura, Mabille. 



Cyclopides etura, Mabille, Soc. Ent. Belg., vol. xxxv, p. lxxv (1891). 



Described from a female from Hongkong. I have not been able 

 to identify it, and Messrs. Elwes and Edwards omit it from their 

 Revision of the Oriental Hesperiidse in Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., vol. xiv, 

 pp. 101-324 (1897). Its food-plant is unknown. 



