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base. Those on tlie lltli and 12th segments are black with the baseyellowisli-wliite. 

 Tentacula leaden colour. The two outei' anal spines are yellowish-white. Stigmates 

 pale. Abdomen, black, with the ventral line white. Instead of club-shaped lines 

 on back of lltli and 12th segments a deep longitudinal velvet patch. The white 

 in this stage is yellowish-white. Feeds on the leaves of JSfaudea Cadamba, and in a 

 state of repose contracts the anterior segments and jerks itself in a peculiar manner. 

 Went into chrysalis on July 1st, 1861. 



" Chkisalis (succincta) about 1' 2" long. Grey mottled and marked with brown 

 and black, particularly on the posterior segments and abdomen. A black dash on 

 the head. The anterior segments liave the appearance of a shark's jaw. A row of 

 warts (4 in number) on either side of ventral line. 



"Imago (dissimilis) out on July 14, 1861. Mliere found. At Lucknow. Period 

 on ilie ninrj, July. Scarce" (Gapt. H. L. Chaumette, Lucknow, IMS. Notes). 



DiSTiUBUTiON, ETC. — In the Himalayas, the extreme Western record of its 

 capture is by Col. J. W. Yerbury, who obtained it at " Eawal Pindi, 1,800 feet 

 elevation, in April " (Ann. N. H. 1888, 206). Captain T. Button says it " occurs in 

 the warm glens of Masnri as well as in the Dhun, but it does not appear to be very 

 numerous. It is found rather sparingly in the Hills during summer, but is more 

 abundant in the Dhun " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1847, 49). Capt. A. M. Lang observes " the 

 only place I have seen this species is Subathoo, 4,000 feet elevation, in June, 

 frequenting a grassy undulating down, flying rapidly in long circuits, pitching 

 occasionally on grassy knolls, and generally retui'ning by the same route to the 

 same spot, after a flight" (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1861, 102). Mr. J. H. Hocking obtained 

 it in the Kangra District (P. Z. S. 1882, 261). Mr. W. Doherty took it in the 

 " Kali Valley at Jhulaghat and Baghrihat, Kumaon, at 2,000 to 3,000 feet elevation " 

 (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1886, 137). Gen. G. Ramsey obtained it in Nepal. Mr. H. J. 

 Elwes says it is "a common species, in Sikkim, from the Plains up to 3,000 feet 

 elevation, and occurs from March till November " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 430). Mr. 

 L. de Niceyille also records it as "occurring in Sikkim from March to November, at 

 low elevations " (Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 173. Col. C. Swinhoe records it from the 

 Kbasia Hills" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 314). Mr. L. de Niceville says it is "not rare 

 in Calcutta in the hot weather. • On the wing it may be taken for Danais Limniace " 

 (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1885, 52). Mr. J. Rothney found it " common in Calcutta during 

 the rains" (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1862, 33). Mr. A. E. Russell records "dissimilis and 

 Panope taken in coitu, at Bauleah, Bengal " (P. Z. S. 1865, 756). Mr. ^Y. C. Taylor 

 found it "rather common at Khorda, in Orissa" (List, 1888, 16). Capt. H. L. 

 Chaumette, in his MS. Notes, writes, "I found many larvas on a small tree in the 

 Badshah Bagh, Lucknow. The imago emerged from the cln-ysalis and proved to be 

 dissimilis. Larvae were also reared, by me, from the egg in Lucknow, in June, 1861, 



