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from the Andaman Isles, though it occurs at the Nicobars (Butt, of India, i. 50). 

 In the North-west Himalayas, Dr. Bayne Eeed and Capt. Hellard both obtained 

 it in Kashmir, the latter also at Rawul Pindi and Allahabad (P. Z. S. 1886, 356). 

 Major Yerbury took it at Oampbellpore (1200 ft.) in June and July, and at Marri, 

 August. Common also at Abbotabad. Mr. A. G. Young, writing from Kulu, says, 

 " the first brood appears in June, then a succession of broods from August through- 

 out the autumn. I found a great number of the larvfe whilst marching through the 

 Sialkot District in May; they were on that species of Euphorbium so common on 

 sandy ground in the Punjab" (Butt. Ind. i. 60). Obtained by Rev. J. H. Hocking at 

 Jullundir in the plains (P. Z. S. 1882, 234). In Kumaon, Mr. W. Doherty (J. A. S. 

 Bang. 1886, 113) took it "at Ranibagh, Kah Valley to Dharchula (3000 feet), but it 

 was not common." In the Simla District by Col. A. M. Lang, and by Mr. De 

 ISiceville, who " only met with it in the autumn." At Lucknow, Capt. Cliaumette 

 notes it as being " abundant all the year, frequenting every part of the District- 

 Obtaining the larva in September." North-eastward in Sikkiin, Mr. J. H. Elwes 

 (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 300) records it as " not so common as in dryer districts, but 

 occurs up to about 3000 feet in most months of the year." Mr. De Niceville (J. A. S. 

 Beng. 1881, 49) found it " common in the open between Siligori and the Terai forest 

 belt." Westward, in Sind, Col. C. Swinhoe says (P. Z. S. 1884, 504) it is " common 

 all the year round. In Karachi (P. Z. S. 1885, 337) I have taken examples of it in every 

 month, the specimens captured during the winter months being of a much smaller 

 size than those taken in the warmer months." Capt. Lloyd obtained it in Kattywar. 

 In Mhow, "common from September to March" (P. Z. S. 1886, 421). Mr. E. H. 

 Aitken (J. A. S. Beng. 1886, 127) says that "with the exception, perhaps, of Terias 

 Hecabe, this is the commonest and most ubiquitous butterfly on the Bombay side of 

 India. At Kharaghora, on the edge of the Runn of Kutch, this was one of the few 

 insects I could get, and my chameleon would starve rather than eat it. Dwarf 

 specimens are not uncommon. I found the larva only on Calotropis." Southward, 

 Mr. G. P. Hampson records it (J. A. S. Beng. 1888, 317) from the Nilgiris. Dr. 

 Leithj'who frequently reared this insect in Bombay, says in his " Notes " that " the 

 larva commences feeding, on the leaf of the Calotropis, indifferently at the edges or 

 the middle." Northward, at Balasore, Lower Bengal, Mr. A. Grote notes that he 

 " found the larva in August on the Dudh lata (Asclepiad), and in the neighbourhood 

 of Calcutta Mr. De Niceville says (J. A. S. Beng. 1885, 40) "it is the commonest 

 butterfly to be met with." It is recorded from Cachar by Mr. Wood-Mason (J. A. S. 

 Beng. 1887, 345), and from the Naga Hills, in Mr. J. L. Sherwill's List. In Burma, 

 it was obtained by Mr. 0. Limborg (P. Z. S. 1878, 822) ; in Upper Tenasserim at 

 Ahsown, and by the Indian Museum Collector at Tavoy (J. A. S. Beng. 1886, 415). 

 Also recorded (Ann. N. H. 1886, 182) from " above Mandalay." Dr. J. Anderson 



