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in tlie "Lower Gori, Kuraaon, at 2,500 feet elevation. Scarce" (J. As. Soc. Beng. 

 1886, 136). We possess specimens from Nepal, taken by the late Gen. G. Ramsay. 

 j\Jr. H. J. Elwes found it " common in Sikkim up to 3,000 feet elevation, from April 

 to December" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 437). Mr. L. de Niceville says it is " common 

 in Sikkim at low elevations throughout the year" (Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 175). 

 Mr. J. "Wood-lMason records " ten males and three females, taken in forests around 

 Silcuri, Cachar, from May 12th to August oth " (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1886, 375). 

 Col. C. Swiuhoe records it from the " Khasia Hills" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 314). In 

 Southern India it was obtained by Mr. S. N. Ward, in " Malabar and Kanara, above 

 and below the Ghiits, and in the Nilgiris" (MS. Xotes). Messrs. J. Davidson and 

 B. H. Aitken obtained the larv£e and butterfly in the N. Kanara District of Bombay, 

 the larvEe appearing in June, and again more abundantly three months later, at which 

 time the butterfly is most common, but it may be met with every mouth of the year " 

 (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1896, 578). Mr. G. F. Hampson obtained it on the " Xilgiris, 

 from 1,000 to 7,000 feet elevation" (J. A. Soc. Beng. 1888, 364). It is "very 

 common in the low country and hills of Travaucore" (H. S. Ferguson, J. Bombay 

 jST. H. S. 1891, 446). Lieut. E. Y. Watson records it as "the commonest butterfly 

 in Madras, from March to August" (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1890, 268). In Ceylon the 

 larva is stated, by Dr. Thwaites, to feed on Magnoliacese and Anonace*. Mr. F. M. 

 Mackwood fouud the butterfly in fair numbers, both in low country and above 4,000 

 feet elevation, all through the year. The larva feeding on Soursop {Anona) and 

 Cinnamon" (Lep. Ceylon, i. 145). Dr. JST. Manders says it is " usually common and 

 fcecjuently very abundant in Ceylon, especially in the low country and lower hill 

 districts, and is given to migrating" (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1899, 224), Prof. R. 

 Meldola obtained it in " Kamorta, Nicobars, in April, and Mr. F. de Roepstorff at 

 Port Blair, S. Andamans " (P. Z. S. 1877, 592). In Burma it is found " throughout 

 the country, except in the central Plains. It frequents gardens, and the larva is 

 easily found" (Col. C. H. E. Adamson, List, 1897, 49). Mr. 0. Limborg obtained it 

 on the road from " Moulmein to Meetan ; Hatseiga; and Houngduran Source" 

 (P. Z. S. 1878, 841). Signer L. Fea took it at " Shwegoomyo in October, and at 

 Bhamo in November" (MS. Note). Capt, E. Y. Watson obtained "a single 

 specimen in the N. Chin Hills, at 3,500 feet elevation, in the rainy season " (J. 

 Bombay N. H. S. 1897, 672). Mr. H. J. Elwes records " a few males from Ponsekai, 

 Tavoy, and the Hills on the Siam frontier" (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1886, 437). Dr. J. 

 Anderson obtained it in "Mergui in December, Zediwon in December, on Sullivan 

 Island in January, and on Elphinstone Island in March" (J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1886, 

 50). Dr. L. Martin writes, " It is common, in N.E. Sumatra, throughout the year, 

 everywhere in the plains where Anona nmricata and Michelia cliampaca, the food- 

 plants of the larva?, are found, and frequents the flowers of the Lantana, etc., in 



