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49. Vanessa indica, 
Papilio indica, Herbst {Pap. Atalanta, L.), Naturs. 
Schmett., vii., t. 180, figg. 1, 2 (1794). 
Also somewhat scarce, and found under tlie same cir- 
cumstances as the preceding. December to May. Much 
more common in the Chusan Islands in summer. 
50. Vanessa canace, 
Papilio canace. Linn., Syst. Nat., i., 2, p. 779 
(1767). 
Pap. charonia, Drury, 111. Exot. Ent., i., t. 15, figg. 1, 2 
(1773). 
Common, frequenting sunny roads and settling on hot 
stones and tree-trunks; a very shy insect, of powerful 
and rapid flight. I have found the larva feedmg gre- 
gariously on a species of Smilax in. December. On the 
wing during the whole of my stay in Hong-Kong. 
51. Symhrenthia hyppoclus. 
Papilio hyppoclusy Oram., Pap. Exot., iii., t. 220, 
figg. 0. D. (1782). 
A common and very pretty insect, usually found 
flitting rapidly, like a small Vanessa, along sunny road- 
sides and in gardens, and settling on leaves and twigs 
with wings fully expanded, generally about ten feet from 
the ground. December to May ; fresh specimens on the 
wing in February. 
52. Charaxes athamas. 
Papilio athamas, Drury, 111. Exot. But., i., p. 5, t. 2, 
fig. 4 (177U). 
I have only once seen this butterfly (at close quarters, 
so that 1 am satisfied as to the correct identification of 
the species) in wooded ground about half-a-mile east of 
Happy Valley,^'' 2nd April, 1893. 
