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wliich mimics Eector being the rarest. Larva reared on Ghjcosmis pentapliijUa, CEgl 

 inarmelos, and the Common Lime " (de Niceville, J. As. Soc. Bcng. 1885, 52). "It 

 is common in Barrackpur Park, Calcutta, from March to October ; the female forms 

 Pohjtes and Bomulus much less frequently met with" (J. Rothnej^ Ent. ^lo. Mag. 

 1S82, 33). Col. C. Swinhoe records it from the Khasia Hills (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 

 313). Mr. J. Wood-Mason obtained "thirty-eight males, and three females of the 

 first form like the male, fourteen of the Poh/fes form, and one of the Rmmdns form, 

 taken in the forests in and around Silchar, Cachar, from April 3rd to August 12th " 

 (J. A. S. B-ng. 1886, 376). It is "a common species in Sikkim throughout the 

 year, except in the three coldest months, at low elevations ; the third form (Eoniulus) 

 is extremely rare in Sikkim, as Hector — the butterfly it mimics — does not occur 

 there; the second foi'm {Fohjtei<) is the commonest of the three" (de Nice^'ille, 

 Sikk. Gaz, 1894, 172). Mr. H. J. Elwes also records it as beiug "found in Sikkim 

 at low elevations only, from March all through the year" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 429). 

 Mr. G. C. Dudgeon obtained it in Bhotan. 



In Burma, Capt. E. Y. Watson obtained it during the Chin-Lusbai Expedition 

 of 1889-90, at Pauk, Pokoko, and Tiliu, iu September, October, Xoveraber, 

 December, and May " (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1891, 53). Col. C. II. E. Adamson 

 records "males and two forms of female excessively common throughout Burma; 

 one specimen only of the form Hamulus was taken by me near Akyab iu November" 

 (List, 1897, 47). Signer L. Fea obtained the first form at Malawoon in August, and 

 the second form at Bhamo in October and November. Dr. N. Manders says it is 

 " very common almost everywhere in the Shan States" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, 635). 

 Ml'. 0. Limborg obtained it at Ahsown, 200 feet elevation, at Meetan, 3000 feet, in 

 March, and at Taoo from 3000 to 5000 feet, in March " (P. Z. S. 1878, 840). " A 

 single male was taken in the bills of the Siamese frontier" (H. J. Elwes, J. A. S. 

 Bengal, 1887, 434). Dr. J. Anderson obtained it in " Mergui, December and March ; 

 Elphinstone Island, Mai'ch ; Thapo and Thaing Island in January and February, and 

 on Sullivan Island in January " (J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1886, 51). 



From the Nicobar Islands, Mr. J. Wood-Mason records " males and females of 

 the \st form, from Nankowri and Kar Nicobar : males from Pulo Kondul and Great 

 Nicobar, and one female of the 2n.d form<, from Nankowri or Kamorta " (Journ. As. 

 Soc. Bengal, 1882, 18). Mr. K. Meldola also obtained specimens of the 1*-^ form at. 

 '' Nankowri and Kamorta, and also at Port Blair, S. Andamans " (P. Z. S. 1877, 

 592). Mr. F. de Roepstorff took " males and females of the l.s/ form at Port Blair, 

 S. Andamans " (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1880, 237). We possess both sexes of the 1st form 

 [Pavvnion) from the Nicobars, these being identical with Burmese and Indian 

 specimens. We also have both sexes of the 1st form from the Andamans, which do 

 not differ except in the macular band on hindwing being somewhat broader. 



