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ill November. Col. Yei-bury records it as common in May, June, and July, and again 

 in October und November, a few being seen also in December. The spring brood is 

 much the darkest. The caterpillar feeds on Cajjparls (?0. horrida) " (P. Z. S. 1886, 

 375). Mr. P. W. Mackinnou found it " rare in Masuri iu May ; taken on the Nag 

 Tiba at 10,000 feet elevation in November. It is very common throughout the 

 warmer months and the autumn in Dehra Dun " (J. Bombay N. H. Soc. 189S, 590). 

 Mr. W. Doherty took it at " Ranebagh, 1,000 feet altitude, iu Kumaon " ( J. As. 

 Soc. Beng. 1886, 135). Capt. A. M. Lang obtained it at " Wangtoo, N. W. 

 Himalaya, on the road to the Chinese frontier village of Shipkee " (MS. Notes). 

 Capt. Lang also records it from " Kasauli, 6,000 feet elevation, on the first 

 plainwards range of the Himalayas " (P. Z. S. 1865, 489), and in his MS. Notes 

 says " abundant in Oudli and at Umballa, in the Plains, the larva feeding on Gapparis 

 se2naria," Capt. H. L. Chaumette took it at " Lucknow in January, and reared it 

 from the egg, the larva feeding on Capixiris pycifulia " (MS. Notes). Col. C. Swinhoe 

 records " the pale form, as appearing plentifully in Kurrachi, from February to May " 

 (P. Z. S. 1884, 511) ; also that it is "common at Mhow, in Central India, all the 

 year round " (P. Z. S. 1886, 430), and "common everywhere in Bombay and the 

 Dekkan" (P. Z. S. 1885, 136). Messrs. Davidson and Aitken say " this butterfly is 

 not common in Kanara generally, but we have met with it at the northern end of the 

 coast, on the borders of the Portuguese territory (in which it is plentiful), and also 

 on one of those rocky islands not far from the shore. The larva feeds on the Caper 

 (CajJparis tUvaricata), and in the form of the larva and pupa shows a decided approxi- 

 mation to those of Delias Euchaiis. The larva is cylindrical and sparingly clothed 

 -with long white hairs springing from small tubercles, its colour is yellow-ochre and 

 purplish-brown. The pupa is green and yellow. The larvse are gregarious 

 throughout their existence, the eggs being laid in batches of from ten to forty " 

 (J. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1896, 575). Mr. G. F. Hampson obtained it in the Nilgiris, 

 at " 1,000 to 8,000 feet elevation; aurhjena being the wet-season form, and Lordaca 

 the dry-season form from dry localities and high elevations" (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1888, 

 363). Mr. H. S. Ferguson records it as " not common in Travancore, from 2,000 

 to 4,000 feet elevation " (J. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1891, 444). Capt. B. Y. Watson 

 obtained it in " Madras, from March to August. Very common " (J. As. Soc. 

 Bengal, 1890, 268), " and obtained numerous specimens at Nittur, in Mysore " 

 (J. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1890, 8). Mr. W. S. Taylor found it " common at Khorda, in 

 Orissa, Lower Bengal" (List 15). Mr. L. de Niceville records it "common in the 

 neighbourhood of Calcutta, the larva feeding on G a ppar is horrida " (J. As. Soc. Beng. 

 1885, 51). Mr. H. J. Elwes writes, it is " not common in the inner hills of Sikkira, 

 but I have taken it in tea gardens about 3,000 feet, in July, and it occurs from April 

 to October" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 417). Mr. G. C. Dudgeon obtained it in Bhotan. 



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