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Provinces, but which Dr. Butler restricts to Central and South India 

 and Ceylon, as distinct from Papilio otis. I have nothing to add to my 

 note in Journ. A. S. B., vol. xlvi, pt. 2, p. 611 (1897) with regard to 

 these two supposed distinct species. In Calcutta the larva feeds on 

 Alysicarpus, Natural Order Leguminosse; in South India on Zornia, 

 Natural Order Leguminosse. 



61. EVERBS ARGIADES, Pallas. 



Papilio argiades, Pallas, Reise, vol. i, app., p. 472, n. 65 (1771); Lycsena argiade 

 Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 461, n. 61. 



The larva in South India feeds on Cylista, Natural Order Legu- 

 minosse. 



62. Nacaduba atrata, Horsfield. 



Lycsna atratus, Horsfield, Cat. Lep. E. I. Co., p. 78, n. 13 (1828). 



In Ceylon the larva feeds on Vateria, Natural Order Dipterocarpese ; 

 in South India on Wagatea, Natural Order Leguminosse ; and on Em- 

 belia and ardisia, both Natural Order Myrsinese. 



63. Jamides siraha. Kheil. 



Plebeius siraha, Kheil, Rhop. Nias., p. 30, n. 91, pi. v, fig. 35, male (1884) ; J. 

 backus, var., Distant, Rhop. Malay., p. 222, n. l,pl. xxi, figs. 19, male ; 16, female (1884). 



The larva of this butterfly has never been found, but the allied 

 J. backus, Cramer, in South India feeds on Butea, Pongamia and Xylia, 

 all of the Natural Order Leguminosse. 



64*. Lampides cbleno, Cramer. 



Papilio celeno, Crnmer, Pap. Ex., vol. i, p. 51, pi. xxxi, figs. C, D, male (1775); 

 Hesperia sslianus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst., vol. iii, pt. 1, p. 280, n. 79 (1793); Lampides 

 selianus [sic], Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 461, n. 64. 



In Java the larva feeds on Butea, Natural Order Leguminosse ; in 

 Calcutta on Heynea, Natural Order Meliacese; and on Pongamia, 

 Natural Order Leguminosse ; in South India on Abrus, Pongamia and 

 Saraca, all Natural Order Leguminosse. 



65. Catochrysops strabo, Fabricius. 



Hesperia strabo, Fabricius. Ent. Syst., vol. iii, pt. 1, p. 287, n. 101 (1793); 

 Catachrysops [sic] strabo, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 462, n. 65. 



The larva in Orissa feeds on Dolichos, Natural Order Leguminosse ; 

 and in South India on Schleichera, Natural Order Sapindacese, and on 

 Ougeinia and Cylista, Natural Order Leguminosse. 



