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variable in lenotL, frequently short, of females slightly spatulate. Body above 

 olivescent-black, the sides of abdomen brown ; collar and thorax laterally margined 

 with olive-green hairs and the abdomen with grey scales ; a red hairy spot behind 

 the eyes ; palpi white, tipt with red hairs ; body beneath pinkish-grey ; legs above 

 blackish, beneath greyish ; antennae black. 



Female. Upperside similar to the male. Hindiving with a whitish or greenish 

 abdominal stripe. Underside similar to the male. 



Expanse, c? 3 to 4, ? 3^ to 4 inches. 



Larva. — " Smooth. From the head, which is moderately large, the anterior 

 segments increase in thickness to the fourth or fifth and then gradually decrease to 

 the tail; there are four pairs of spines, one pair on the second segment, another pair 

 on the fourth, the latter rather long, curved, and sharp, a short pair on the third, 

 and a pair on the anal segment. Colour at first smoky-black, but at the last moult 

 becomes a light, clear green, faintly marked with wavy lines of a darker shade." 



Pdpa. — " Smooth and regular, with a pointed process rising from the thorax 

 above the head ; it is normally of a pale watery-green, the frontal process being 

 broadly tipt with rusty-brown, which continues in an irregular line along the outside 

 edge of the wing-cases " (Davidson and Aitken, I.e. 1890, 363). 



Habitat. — IN; .W. and E. and S. India ; Ceylon ; Andaman and Nicobar Isles ; 

 Enrma; Tenasserim ; Siam ; Tonkin; Malay Peninsula; Sumatra; Nias ; Java; 

 Borneo; Natuna; Palawan; Philippines; Hainan. 



Habits of Larva and Imago. — " The larva? are extremely shy and cautious, 

 resting motionless most of the day on the upperside of a leaf, along the midrib, with 

 their heads towards the stalk. The leaf on which they rest is usually carpeted with 

 silk; they eat little and grow slowly. They feed on the Custard-Apple (Anoim 

 nqaamosa), the ' RamphuU ' {A)iona reticulata), and others of the genus, and also on 

 the 'Ashok' {Gualteria longifoUa). It is often diflBcult to find, and must be looked 

 for on the less exposed leaves of trees in quiet, shady places. The season is from 

 July till November. We do not remember having found it at any other time. The 

 butterfly is pretty common everywhere in the North Kanara District of Bomba}^, 

 frequenting gardens and forests. In the former the larv« feeds chiefly on the 

 Custard-Apple, and in the latter on several trees of the same Order. The larvaj 

 appear in June, and again more abundantly three months later, at which time the 

 butterfly is most common, but it may be met with every month of the year" (David- 

 son and Aitken, I.e. 1890, 363 ; id. 1896, 578). Mr. de Niceville records the food- 

 plants of the larva, as " JJnona disculor, Folijalthia longifoUa, Anona squamosa, 

 A. reticulata, and Saccopetaliim. tomentosum, all of the Order Anonacefe " (J. As. Soc. 

 Beng. 1900, 257). 



DisTEiBUTioN, Habtts, ETC. — In N. Western India, Mr. W. Doherty obtained it 



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