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NYMPHALIX^, (Group EUTBALIINA.) 97 



Egg. — Unknown. 



Habitat. — North-Eastern and South India ; Burma ; Teuasserim ; Malay 

 Peninsula. 



Distribution. — " Occurs commonly in North-Eastern India and Burma, 

 appearing again in Orissa, and Southward to Travancore " (de Niceville, Butt. Ind. 

 ii. 203). We possess a female taken by Capt. A. M. Lang below Naini Tal, East, 

 at 2500 feet elevation ; also a male from Nepal, taken by the late General G. 

 Ramsay. Mr. L. de Niceville says, " I have taken this species in Sikkim, in the 

 hot valleys below Badamtara in October ; it is fairly common in the Terai and in 

 Bhotan, and probably flies all through the summer " (Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 144). Speci- 

 mens from Sikkim, taken in July, and from Bhotan in April, July, and August, by 

 Mr. Otto Moller, are in Mr. Walter Rothschild's collection. It occurs in'Jorehat in 

 June. Col. C. Swinhoe records it as common in the Khasias (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 285). 

 Mr. Wood-Mason found it " very numerous in the forests around Silcuri, in Cachar, 

 between April and August " (J. A. S. Beng. 1887, 360). Mr. W. C. Taylor " found 

 it common in the Mais at Khorda, in Orissa " (List, p. 6, 1888). " A few specimens 

 taken at Kathlekan, Mysore, in November and December, and at the Gersoppa Falls 

 in January " (Capt. E. Y. Watson, J. Bombay N. H. S. 1890, 5). Mr. H. S. Ferguson 

 " found it common in Travancore, in the low country and in the Hills up to 3000 feet. 

 Kowdias 2000 feet in April. It has a habit of flying into the verandah in the low 

 country and settling on the white walls or ceiling cloth " (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1891, 9). 

 In the Nilgiris, Mr. G. F. Hampson says it is " rare, found from 2000 to 

 6000 feet " (J. A. S. Beng. 1888, 354). The late S. N. Ward took it at " Mangalore, 

 Calicut, and Sircy " (MS. Notes). Mr. J. Davidson found " this species very common 

 throughout the North Kanara District, frequenting the undergrowth of shady 

 forests and seldom coming into the light" (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1896, p. — ?). "In 

 the C. Provinces I have only met with this species in Kalahandi, where it seems 

 fairly common" (J. Betham, J. Bombay N. H. S. 1890, 234). Major C. H. E. 

 Adamson " found it throughout Burma. Very common, especially near Akyab, in 

 the dry hot months, when it is abundant in the dry jungles" (List, p. 18, 1889). 

 Also taken in Chittagong in October and November. Signor Leonardo Fea took it 

 at Bhamo, in September, and also in the Karen Hills in September. Dr. N. Manders 

 (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, 524) says it is " not uncommon in Eastern Karenni." Capt. 

 E. y. Watson took it in "Rangoon, and Beeling, LTpper Tenasserim. Common — 

 in March, and at Kyaikto in January and February " (J. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1888, 

 5). Mr. Otto Limborg " obtained it at Meetan, Upper Tenasserim, 3000 feet in April " 

 (P. Z. S. 1878, 830). It has been taken at Tavoy (J. A. S. Bengal, 1887, 426). It 

 also occurs in the Malay Peninsula. 



Habits of Imago. — According to Mr. J. Betham " it has a very rapid flight, and 



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