520 
BIONOMIC NOTES 
Observations in Ceylon. 
An examination of the following list of observations in Ceylon, 
January to March, 1908, shows, among other things, that whereas 
three-quarters of the specimens of Papilio hector taken, and three- 
fifths of those of P. aristolochiae , are recorded as tenacious of life, this 
is not noted of any of the nine specimens of P. polytes , five of P . 
mooreanus, four of P. demoleus , three of P. teredon , seven of P. crino 
and fourteen of P. agamemnon . 
Danainae. 
Total specimens 
taken. 
Tenacity of 
life noted in 
Parantica aglea, Cram. . . . 
... 31 
. , 
17 
Tirumala septentrionis, Butl. . 
... 18 
. . 
9 
Pademma sinhala, Moore . . 
... 2 
. , 
2 
Narmada montana , Feld. . . 
... 6 
# t 
4 
Crastia asela, Moore .... 
... 51 
. . 
33 
„ core , Cram. (Matheran) 
... 6 
. . 
4 
Chittira fumata, Butl. . . . 
... 8 
. 
2 
Danaida plexippus, Linn. 
... 1 
. 
1 
„ chrysippus, Linn. . . 
... 4 
. . 
0 
Papilioninae. 
Ornithoptera darsius , Gray 
... 9 
. 
4 
Papilio hector , Linn. 
... 8 
. . 
6 
„ aristolochiae, Fabr. . . 
... 15 
, . 
9 
„ parinda , Moore . . . 
... 13 
. . 
4 
„ lankeswara, Moore . . 
... 3 
. . 
1 
„ jason , Esp. 
... 3 
. 
1 
„ teredon, Feld. 
... 3 
. 
0 
„ crino, Fabr. 
... 7 
. . 
0 
„ agamemnon, Linn. . . 
... 14 
. 
0 
„ polytes, Linn. 
... 9 
. . 
0 
„ mooreanus, Bothsch. . 
... 5 
. 
0 
„ demoleus, Esp. . . . 
... 4 
. 
0 
Acraeinae. 
Telchinia violae, Fabr. . . . 
... 10 
. 
3 
Nymphalinae. 
Hypolimnas bolina, Linn. . . 
... 9 
. 
2 
PlERINAE. 
Delias eucharis, Drury . . . 
... 26 
. . 
3 
Catopsilia pomona , Fabr. . . 
Heterocera. 
... 45 
• • 
3 
Chalcosia venosa, Walk. . . 
... 12 
. 
4 
Deilemera nigrovenosa, Moore . 
... 4 
. 
2 
Euschema transversa, Walk. . 
... 2 
. 
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