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In Southern India, Col. C. Swinhoe took it in " Belgaum and at Khandalla, in 

 December, in billy places" (P. Z. S. 1885, 130). Mr. E. H. Aitken says " tbis is 

 common at Khandalla, Lanowlie and Matberhan, but I did not find it last March 

 at Mahableshwar, which is 2000 feet higher. It does not occur on the Plains. I 

 found its larva at Matheran in March feeding on Glocliidioii lanceolatum, one of the 

 commonest ti^ees on the Hill. It lays its eggs by preference on the young shoots 

 that come up from the roots" (J. Bombay K H. S. 1886, 134). "It is not at all 

 a common species in Kanara, but very abundant everywhere on the Hills further 

 North" (J. Davidson and B. H. Aitken, id. 1890, 275). "It appears during the 

 latter part of the rainy season and probably for some time after, if it does not last 

 till May. It is more like a Neptis in its ways than Maliesa and Selenofhora. The 

 larva feeds commonly on G. lanceolatum and velutinum " (id. I.e. 1896, 253). Dr. 

 J. Shortt obtained it on the Shevaroy Hills (Notes). Mr. G. F. Hampson took it 

 on the Nilgiris, at 3000 to 7000 feet elevation (J. A. S. Beng. 1888, 354). Mr. 

 H. S. Ferguson records it as " rather rare in Travancore at 2000 to 4000 feet " 

 (J. A. S. Beng. 1891, 9). 



In Burma, Capt. B. Y. Watson obtained it during the Chin-Lushai Expedition 

 of 1889-90 at " Pauk and Tiling, from December to April. Not common" (J. 

 Bombay N. H. S. 1891, 40). Col. C, T. Bingham took it at Chittagong in October, 

 and at Yetho in August. Col. C. H. B. Adamson records it as "very common in 

 Burma, from May to September" (List, Burm. Butt. p. 22). Signor L. Fea took 

 it at Meteleo in August and in Bhamo in November. Dr. N. Manders records it 

 as "common everywhere in the Shan States, Upper Burma" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, 

 523). Mr. Moti Ram obtained it in " Tavoy and Ponsekai, Tenasserim " (J. A. S. 

 Beng. 1887, 423). Dr. J. Anderson found it " common in the Mergui Archipelago 

 in December and January" (J. Linn. Soc. Z. 1886, 37). 



Distribution outside cub Area. — It also occurs in N.B. Sumatra, where it is 

 " common everywhere from near the sea and extending to the Central Plateau. It 

 was very plentiful before the advent of tobacco cultivation, but is now somewhat 

 rare in those districts. As soon as these are left behind it appears everywhere on 

 roads and the margins of small forest" (de Niceville, J. A. S. Beng. 1895, 417). 

 Dr. Horsfield obtained it and reared the larva in Java. The late Consul Robert 

 Swinhoe obtained it in Hainan and Formosa, It also occurs at Chentaboom in 

 Siam, and in S. China, and Mr. J. J.Walker records it as "very plentiful in 

 Hongkong in December, but already getting very worn, and it remained on the 

 wing three or four weeks. It reappeared in the following March, but was not 

 nearly so common as before. It frequents sunny road-sides, and has a strong and 

 graceful flight" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1895, 456). 



Habits of Imago. — Capt. Mortimer J. Slater, in his MS. Notes, p. 152, observes, 



