NYMPHALIN 22. (Group CHARAXINA.,) 951 
July” (de Nicéville, Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 147). The larva is figured in General 
Hardwicke’s Drawings (Libr. Brit. Mus.), found in August feeding on leaves of 
Gardenia. It occurs in Assam. Mr. J. W. Mason (J. A. S. Beng. 1886, 363), 
records its capture at ‘ Silchar, Cachar, in September.” According to Mr. de Nicé- 
ville (Butt. Ind. ii. 280), ‘* it is common in Caleutta, and have taken nearly all my 
specimens in the cold weather, frequently having been taken drinking the juice of 
the date palms when cut for the extraction of toddy. It occurs also during the 
rains.” Mr, J. Rothney also obtained it in the Barrackpore Gardens, near Calcutta, 
Capt. Mortimer Slater in his MS. Notes, p. 41, states: ‘* At Dinapur, I generally 
found it near or on pomegranate trees; flies rapidly. Uncommon.” The late 
General Hearsey (Westw. Orient. Ent.), says, ‘he usually captured this species upon 
wounded apple trees, the butterflies frequenting the wounds to suck up the fluids 
which were discharged therefrom.” Mr. W. C, Taylor obtained it in Orissa, and it 
has been taken in Belgaum (Butt. Ind. ii. 281). Colonel C. Swinhoe took it in 
“ Mhow, June and October (P. Z. 8S. 1886, 425); in Poona, February, April, and 
November ; and at Belgaum in November” (P. Z. 8. 1885,130). In Madras, Lieut. 
E. Y. Watson took it in April (J. A. 8. Beng. 1890, 266). Messrs. J. Davidson and 
E. H. Aitken (J. Bombay N. H. 8. 1890, 278) record “ the capture of larve in Karwar 
in July and August, and have also reared it in Khandeish and the Dekkan, always on 
the tamarind tree.” The butterfly occurs in Bombay sparingly, specimens being 
captured in Khandeish and the Tanna District (Aitken, id. 1886, 133). Mr. J. 
Betham (J. Bombay N. H. 8. 1890, 286) says, ‘It isa bold creature, with a strong 
flight, but sometimes falls a prey to curiosity. One settled on my boot once, and at 
another time one wanted to see what my tonga was, and flitted round it as I went 
along, until it was caught.” The late S. N. Ward obtained it in Kanara. Mr. G. F. 
Hampson found it rare on the Nilgiris at 3000 to 4000 feet (J. A. S. Beng. 1888, 
355). ‘It occurs throughout South India to Travancore ” (Butt. Ind. ii. 281). Mr. 
H. 8. Ferguson (J. Bombay N. H. 8. 1891, 10) says, ‘‘ It is fairly common in the low 
country of Travancore, but is not found in the hills.” In Ceylon, it has been taken 
at Dambool and Kandy, but not very commonly (Capt. Wade). Mr. F. M. Mack- 
wood also caught it in the low country to the north of Matale, and always on human 
excrement (MS. Notes). Major Yerbury took it at Trincomali in October. Godart 
cites Nicobars, but this has not since been verified, and therefore is doubtful. In 
Burma, Dr. N. Manders obtained a single specimen in December, at 5000 feet eleva- 
tion, at the bottom of the Hopaung Valley, S.E. of Fort Stedman in the Shan States 
(Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, 526). Lieut. E. Y. Watson obtained it during the Chin-Lushai 
Expedition ‘‘ on the road from Pauk to Tilin in October, and also at Tilin in March ” 
(J. Bombay N. H. 8. 1891, 42). Major C. H. E. Adamson took it in Arakan, but 
not common, from March to May (List, p. 20). Specimens from the Karen Hills 
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