1886.] Lepidojptera of Oachar. 345 



2. Danais (Tirumala) septentrionis. 

 D. septentrionis, Butler, Ent. Month. Mag., vol. xi, p. 163 (1874). 

 Common in Cachar; specimens also taken on ISTemotha Peak at 

 3,300 feet elevation. This species has a more restricted range than D. 



limniace. 



3. Danais {Limnas) chrysippus. 



Papilio chrysippus, LinnEens, Syst. Nat., ed. x, p. 471, n. 81 (1758). 



An Tibiqnitons insect throughout India. 



4. Danais (Salahira) genutia. 



Papilio genutia, Cramer, Pap. Ex., vol. iii, pi. ccvi, figs. C, D, male (1779). 



A common species, but less wide-spread than D. chrysip^ptis, and 

 occurs with it at all seasons. 



5. Danais (Parantica) melanoides. ' 



Parantica melanoides, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 247, n. 1. 



Common in Cachar from April to June, and taken on Nemotha iu 

 September and October. 



6. Danais {Gaduga) melaneus. 

 Papilio melaneus, Cramer, Pap. Ex., vol. i, pi, xxx, fig. D (1775). 

 A single male on Nemotha, 2nd October. 



7. EiJPLCEA (Penoa) aloathoe. 



Danais alcathoe, Godart, Enc. Meth., vol. ix, p. 178, n. 5 (1819). 

 Common in Cachar in May and June. This species has a restricted 

 range, being confined to Assam and Burma, and giving place in the Malay 

 Peninsula to E. limhorgiiy E. menetriesii, and E. pinwilli. 



8. EuPL(EA {Trejpsichrois) linnj:i. 



Trepsichrois linncei, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 286, n. 1, pis. xxix, 

 fig. 4, female ; xxx, fig. 1, male ; Euplcea midamus, Linnsens, auctorum. 



Common in Cachar and on Nemotha. Mr. A. G. Butler (Ann. & 

 Mag. Nat. Hist., 5th series, vol. xvi, p. 300, n. 9, 1885), records Trepsi- 

 chrois van-deventeri, Forbes (" Wanderings of a Naturalist," p. 274, 1885, 

 from Cachar (Assam), Malacca, and Sumatra) from " near Assam." We 

 have examined large series of E. linncei from many localities in the wide 

 distributional area of that species, extending from the Kulu valley in 

 the west to Sibsagar in the east of the Himalayan range, through Burma, 

 to the Malay Peninsula, but we have not succeeded in detecting the 

 presence of any differences of greater value than those which are 

 exhibited by the individuals of every animal and vegetable species 

 whatsoever. Even Mr. Moore, who described E. linncei, failed to observe 

 the specific differences that Mr. Forbes has detailed in describing his 



