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July " (de Niceville, 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 Nice- 

 ville (Butt. Ind. ii. 280), " it is common in Calcutta, 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 Din apur, 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. S. 1886, 425) ; in Poona, February, April, and 

 November ; and at Belgaum in November " (P. Z. S. 1885, 130). In Madras, Lieut. 

 E. Y. Watson took it in April (J. A. S. Beng. 1890, 266). Messrs. J. Davidson and 

 E. H. Aitken (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1890, 278) record "the capture of larvfB 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. S. 1890, 286) says, " It is a 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 8000 to 4000 feet (J. A. S. Beng. 1888, 

 355). "It occurs throughout South India to Travancore " (Butt. Ind. ii. 281). Mr. 

 H. S. Ferguson (J. Bombay N. H. S. 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. S. 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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