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segment there are two pairs more laterally situated, but three times as long ; and 

 on the fourth segment is one pair longer still." 



Chrysai,is. — Suspended vertically. Abdominal part slender, with small dorsal 

 tubercles; thorax stout; wing cases much dilated laterally; head produced into 

 two foliaceous hammer-shaped processes, which meet at their ends, leaving a circular 

 hole in the middle. Colour dark brown. Easily passes for a small withered and 

 twisted leaf." (Davidson and Aitken, I.e. 274). 



Habitat. — India ; Burma ; Tenasserim. 



Distribution. — " Occurs plentifully in India in the region of heavy rainfall. I 

 have specimens from Sikkim, Assam, Silhet, Cachar, Burma, Calcutta, Orissa, and 

 South India" (de Niceville, Butt. India, ii. 164). "Mr. W. Doherty records its 

 capture in the Kah Valley, Eastern Kumaon at from 2000 to 4000 feet elevation" 

 (J. A. S. Bengal, 1886, 125). "Only found in the Terai and lowest valleys of 

 Sikkim, where it is not so common as in the Plains. Flies from March till 

 December" (Elwes, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 353). Mr. G. C. Dudgeon obtained it in 

 Bhotan. " It is common in the neighbourhood of Calcutta. Fond of settling 

 high up in the trees with wings widely spread open. Larva feeds on Nauclea 

 Cadamha " (de Niceville, J. A. S. Beng. 1885, 44). Dr. G. Watt captured it in 

 Manipur (Ann. Nat. Hist. 1885, 304). " Mr. J. Wood-Mason took nine males and 

 one female at and around Silcuri, Cachar, between May and August, and a female on 

 Nemotha Peak in September" (J. A. S. Beng. 1886, 359). Colonel C. Swinhoe 

 states that it is " common in the Khasias " (MS. Note). Messrs. Davidson and 

 Aitken says, " it is pretty common in the Kanara district of Bombay Presidency 

 during the rains, and even in the dry season in open forest " (J. Bombay N. H. S, 

 1896, 253). Capt. E. Y.Watson records it " from Kathlekan, Mysore, one specimen 

 only being taken " (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1890, p. 5). Mr. G. F. Hampson found it 

 "rare on the Nilgiris, at 3000 to 4000 feet" (J. A. S. Beng. 1888, 354). Mr. 

 H. S. Ferguson found it " common in Travancore at the foot of the Hills " (J. Bombay 

 N. H. S. 1891, 9). In Burma, Capt. E. Y. Watson obtained it " during the Chin- 

 Lushai Expedition of 1889-90 at Tiling, in February and April" (J. Bombay 

 N. H. S. 1891, 39) ; also at " Rangoon and Poungadaw, Upper Burma, in 

 September and October " {id. 1888, p. 5). Col. C. H. E. Adamson records it as 

 "very common all over Burma from May to September" (List. p. 22). Signor 

 Leonardo Fea took it in Bhamo in November. Dr. N. Manders captured it "in 

 Eastern Karennee, Upper Burma, in January, and found it common everywhere in 

 the Shan States" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, 523). " A few specimens were taken by 

 Moti Ram in Tavoy" (J. A. S. Beng. 1887,424). Dr. J. Anderson obtained it 

 at " Minthantoung, Mergui Archipelago, in December" (J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 

 18S6, 36). 



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