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Bridge, Khairabad side, in April; Hassan Abdal in May, and at Tkundiani in 
August ” (id. Ann. N. H. 1888, 204). Mr. W. Doherty obtained it in the “ Kumaon 
Hills, from 2,000 to 11,000 feet elevation, from the Kali Valley at Jhulagkat up to 
Garbyan in Byans ’* (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1886, 135). Mr. P. W. Mackinnon 
records it as “ common both at Masuri and in the Dun all the year round (J. 
Bombay N. H. Soc. 1898, 590). Oapt. A. M. Lang found it “ abundant at 
Umballa in the Plains in January, and up to 10,000 feet altitude everywhere in the 
N. W. Himalayas ” (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1864, 103). We possess a female from Nepal 
taken by Gen. G. Ramsay. In Sikkim “ it is common at 4,000 to 12,000 feet altitude 
during the rainy season, and found, according to Moller, as low as 3,000 feet from 
March to December” (H. J. Elwes, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 415). Mr. G. 0. Dudgeon 
obtained it in Bhotan, in May. In South India it is recorded by Mr. G. F. Hampson 
from the ‘‘Nilgiris, being confined to the Plateau” (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1888, 362). 
Specimens from Ootacamund, Nilgiris, and the Annamully Hihs, 3,000 to 4,000 feet 
altitude, are in the British Museum Collection. Col. C. Swinhoe has specimens of 
both sexes from Madras. Dr. G. Watt obtained it near Manipur; specimens from 
the Khasias and Shillong, Assam, are in the British Museum. In Burma, according 
to Col. C. H. E. Adamson, it is common throughout the cold weather about Bliamo 
and among the Hills on the Upper Chindwin River” (List, 1897, 44). Capt. E. Y. 
Watson found it “ common in the North Chin Hills, at from 5,000 to 7,000 feet 
altitude, in April. A few being also obtained in the Upper Chindwin in April and 
May” (Journ. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1897, 669). Capt. Watson also took it at “ Tilin 
in December and February, during the Chin-Lushai Expedition of 1889-90 ” (id. l.c. 
1891,51). Dr. Leonard Fea obtained it at Cobago in April, and also at Bhamo. 
Dr. N. Manders took it in “ April, when on the Jatsouk Expedition, and in August 
at Fort Stedman, Shan States ” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, 534). 
Of our illustrations on Plate 520, figs. 1, la are from a N.W. Himalayan male ; 
lb, from a Kaschmir male; 1c, Madras male; Id, a Simla female; le, a Madras 
female; If, female; lg, a Nepal female ; and lh, a Nilgiri female. 
China and Japan Species. —Danaus Cisseis (Pieris Cisseis, Leech, Entom. 1890, 
p. 192, d; id. Butt, of China, Corea, and Japan, ii. p. 455, pi. 43, fig. 5, d (1894). 
Habitat. C. China; Yunnan .—Danaus Crucivora (Pieris Crucivora, Boisduval, Spec. 
Gen. Lep. i. p. 522 (1836). De L’Orza, Lep. Japan, p. 12 (1869). Syn. Pieris 
Orientalis, Obertliiir, Etud. Ent. v. p. 13 (1880). P. Mandschuria, Speyer, Stett. 
Ent. Zeit. 1882, p. 379. Pieris Rapae, Leech, Butt, of China, etc. ii. p.456 (1894). 
Habitat. E. China; Corea; Japan .—Danaus Melete (Pieris Melete, Menetries, 
Catal. Lep. Mus. Petropol. ii. p. 113, pi. 10, fig. 1, 2, d ? (1857). Leech, Butt, of 
China, ii. p. 448 (1894). Habitat. Japan .—Danaus Aglaope (Pieris Aglaope, 
Motsch. Etudes Ent. ix. p. 28 (1860). P. Melete, var. Aglaope, Leech, l.c. ii.p. 449. 
