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Central India it has been found on Rostellulria, Natural Order Acan- 

 thacem. 



45*. Htpolimnas misippus, Linnseus. 



Papilio misippus, Linnaeus, Mus. Ulr., p. 264, n. 83 (1764.) ; Hypolimnas misippus, 

 Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 455, n. 40; Apatura misippus, Moore, Lep. 

 Ind., vol. iv, pp. 146, 150 (1900). 



Mr. James J. Walker reports having seen a male of this species 

 close to Kowloon in February. I have no other record of its occurrence 

 in the colony. I do not know what form or forms of the female are found 

 in China, three forms, diocippus^ Cramer, alcippoides, Butler, and inaria, 

 Cramer, are known from India. In India the larva feeds on Portulaca, 

 Natural Order Portulacese. In Ceylon it feeds on Ahutilon and Ahel- 

 moschuSj Natural Order Malvacese. 



46. Cethosia BiBLis, Drury. 



Papilio hihlis, Drury, 111. Ex. Ins., vol. i, p. 9, pi. iv, figs. 2, 2a, male (1770); 

 Cramer, Pap. Ex., vol. ii, p. 120, p\. clxxv, ^ga. A, B, male (1777); Oethosia hihlis, 

 Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 451, n. 26 ; Moore, Lep. Ind., vol. iv, pp. 

 185, 186 (1900). 



The larva in Hongkong feeds on Passiflora fcetida, Linn., Natural 

 Order Passiflorede. In India it feeds also on passion-flowers. 



47. Atella phalantha, Drury. 



Papilio phalantha, Drury, 111. Ex, Ins., vol. i, p. 41, pi. xxi, figs. 1, 2 (1770) ; 

 Atella phalantha, Moore, Lep. Ind., vol. iv, p. 198 (1900); Atella phalanta [sic^^ 

 Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 451, n. 25 ; Papilio columhina, Cramer, 

 Pap. Ex., vol. iii, p. 76, pi. ccxxxviii, figs. A, B (1779); vol. iv, p. 92, pi. cccxxxvii, 

 figs.D, E (1781). 



In Java the larva feeds on Ixora, Natural Order Rubiacese ; in Ceylon 

 and on Flacourtia, Natural Order Bixinex ; on Salix, Natural Order 

 Salicineas, in India and the Isle of Reunion off the coast of Africa on the 

 former genus of plants. 



48. Cdpha erymanthis, Drury. 



Papilio erymanthis, Drury, 111. Ex. Ins., vol. 1, p. 29, pi. xv, figs. 3, 4 (1770) ; 

 Cramer, Pap. Ex., vol. iii, p. 77, ccxxxviii, figs. F, G (1779) ; Argynnis erymanthis, 

 Westwood, Donovan's Ins. China, new edition, p. 64, pi. xxxv, fig. 1 (1842) ; Cupha 

 erymanthis, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 451, n. 24; Fruhstorfer, Berl. 

 Ent. Zeitsch., vol. xlii, p. 325 (1897) ; Stet. Ent. Zeit., vol. Ix, p. 844 (1899) ; 

 Moore, Lep. Ind., vol. iv, pp. 205, 206 (1900). 



Mr. James J. Walker has bred the larva in Hongkong on Glochi- 

 dion eriocarpum, Champ., Natural Order Euphorhiacese y in South India 



