204 LEPIDOPTERA INBICA. 



the male ; tbe outer area slightly paler bluish-grey. Uuderside paler tlian male, 

 duller black. Forewing with crimson basal streak, the cell and vein-streaks 

 l)aler than on upperside. Hindicing -with basal crimson spots ; outer area similar 

 to male, but paler. Budij, legs, and antenniB black ; femora beneath greyish. 



Expanse, ^ 5|- to of , ? 6 to 6 J inches. 



Larva axd Pdpa. — (See Plate 452, fig. 1.) 



Habitat. — South, Centi'al, and Eastern India ; Sikkim ; Burma. 



DiSTRiRUTiox, Habits, &c. — " Common in the Kanara District of Bombay, 

 "wherever the country is suflBciently wooded, most so about September to October. 

 The favourite food of the larva being a "Wild Lime, which occurs in all the forests " 

 (Davidson and Aitken, Journ. Bombay K H. S. 1896, ocSO). "We noticed this 

 butterfly at Matheran, iu March, laying its eggs on a Lime tree in the garden. 

 In Karwa, we reared a great many in September and October, on a common 

 wild oransfe {Atalantia sp.) ; another favourite food appeared to be Garcinia 

 Xanfhochymus. In form, colour, and markings the larva is very similar to that of 

 P. Pohjtes and P. Erithonius, but the enlargement on the 4th and 5th segments is 

 much exaggerated, especially after the last moult. In tbe pupa, the headcase and 

 its two projecting points are more elongated " (ih. I.e. 1890, 376). " The food- 

 plants of the larva, according to the observations of Messrs. Davidson, Aitken and 

 Bell, are Fai-amic/i/na monophylla and Afnlantia monophylla ; Order Kutace^ " (de 

 Niceville, J. As. Beng. 1900, 258). Col. C. Swinhoe obtained this butterfly on 

 Matheran, Parbutti Hill, Poona, Bombay, in November" (P. Z. S. 1885, 144). It 

 is " fairly common in the neighbourhood of Koonoor, but avoids the sunlight, and 

 flutters softly about in the deep gloom of the most secluded groves of Fig and Mango 

 trees. When feeding they are so absorbed that they may be taken between the 

 thumb and finger without much diflSculty " (E. L. Arnold, Ent. Mo. Mag. 1880, 

 137). Mr. G. F. Hampson obtained it on the " Nilgiris, from 2000 to 7000 feet" 

 (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1838, 364). Mr. S. N. Ward writes, " Found at all heights from 

 the top of the Nilgiris and Shevaroys to the coast. It is commonest during the 

 monsoon, but I have seen it iu first locality in April " (MS. Notes), Mr. H. S. 

 Ferguson found it " common in Travancore, more so in the low country than in the 

 Hills" (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1891, 446). Lieut. E. Y. Watson took it in " Madras, 

 in June" (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1890, 268). Mr. W. C. Taylor records it as "rather 

 common at Khorda, in Orissa" (List, 1888, 16). Mr. Betham obtained it in the 

 Central Provinces (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1892, 325). Mr. W. S. Atkinson records it 

 as " not uncommon in the Plains of Southern Bengal, west of the Ganges ; but does 

 not reach the Hills" (MS. Notes). Mr. L. de Niceville says it "occurs in the 

 neighboui'hood of Calcutta throughout the hot weather, first appearing at the end of 

 March. I have bred the larva on Pomelo {Citrus deciimana)" (J. As. Soc. Beng. 



