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Mackinnon, "it is rare in Masuri ; but very common in the Dhoon almost tlirougli- 

 out tlie year, especially the rains brood wbicli flies in August and September" 

 (J. Bombay, N. H. S. 1898, 590). Capt. A. M. Lang found it " abundant in 

 Oudh. I have seen none in the Hills " (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1864, 103), Mr. H. J. 

 Elwes records Fhryne as being "common in Sikkim, up to 5,000 feet elevation, 

 throughout the season " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 417)= Mr, L. de Niceville says it is 

 " a common species in the low valleys of Sikkim and up to 5,000 feet. It is subject 

 to very great seasonal variability ; the form flying in the spring is small and very 

 pale, that in the rains is very large, dark, and richly coloured " (Sikkim Graz. 1894, 

 168). Mr. R. Hunter found the larva and reared the imago of the dry-season form 

 (Hira) at Saugor in March, the larva feeding on the " Koringe " (MS, Note). At 

 Allipore, near Calcutta, Mr. Arthur Grrote found and reared the larva. It fed on 

 Zizyphus scandens and JSfapeia scabra. Mr. J. Rothney records it as being " common 

 in Barrackpur Park, near Calcutta, in the rainy-season, being fond of flowers, 

 especially of Duranta Plumieri " (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1882, 35). Mr. L. de Niceville also 

 records it as " cpmmon in the neighbourhood of Calcutta, the larva feeding on Gapparis 

 Jwrrida " (J. As. Soc. Beug. 1885, 50). In Orissa, Mr. W. C. Taylor found it 

 " very common at Korda " (List, 1888, p. 15). Col. C. Swinhoe records Phryne 

 from the Khasias (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 309). " A single male Phryne was taken at 

 Silcuri, Cachar, in July" (J. As. Soc. Beng. Ib86, 372). Col. C. Swinhoe records 

 Pryne as " common everywhere iu Bombay and the Dekkan ; Zeiixippe at Poona 

 from April to June, and at Belgaum ; Gassida at Poona from October to April ; 

 pallida at Poona in January and February, and in Bombay also in February " 

 (P. Z. S. 1885, 137). Col. Swiuhoe also obtained " P/M-//7it' at Mhow from September 

 to November ; Zeuxippe from April to June, and Gassida from November to May " 

 (I.e. 1886, 431). Messrs. Davidson and Aitken record the butterfly as " very 

 common in the N. Kanara District, S. India, but much less so in tlie monsoon than 

 in the dry-season. The larva is green, and the pupa green with brown and white 

 edgings. Feeds on Capparis " (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1896, 574). Mr. G. F. 

 Hampson records it from the Nilgiris (J. As, Soc. Beng. 1888, 362). Mr. H. S. 

 Ferguson found it " common iu Travancore, both in the low country and Hills " 

 (J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. 1891, 444). In Ceylon, Mr. F. M. Mackwood obtained it " in 

 low country and Hills ; chiefly from 2,000 to 4,000 feet elevation, not frequently 

 beyond. Capt. Hutchison took it in Colombo and on the road from Kandy to 

 Trincomalie. Plains, both in cultivated land and forest. Not at all common. Has 

 a slow uncertain flight " (Lep. Ceylou, i. 136). Dr. N. Manders says " H. Nerissa is 

 very common in Ceylon, although scarcer in some seasons than in others, and occurs 

 at all elevations. It is highly seasonally dimorphic, and the larva feeds on Gapparis " 

 (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1899, 220). 



