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taken in the cold weather on the road from Naththoung to Paboga in Upper 

 Tenasserim. Dr. J. Anderson took it in Mergui in December. Colonel C. H. E. 

 Adamson records it as " very abundant throughout Burma during the rainy and dry 

 seasons" (List, 1897, p. 19). Mr. H. Druce records it from " Chentaboon, Siam " 

 (P. Z. S. 1874, 105). " In the N. Kanara District, Bombay, this species is very 

 common in all the more open wooded or scrubby parts during the latter half of the 

 rainy season and throughout the dry months. During June and July it is rarely 

 seen. The larva may be found on several species of Acacia, and has the curious 

 habit of feeding by preference, not on green leaves, but on those which it has caused 

 to wither" (J. Davidson, J.Bombay N. H. S. 1896, 250). Mr. H. S. Ferguson 

 records it from " Travancore, the wet-season form being much commoner than the 

 dry-season" (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1891, 8). Lieut. B. Y. Watson took it at 

 " Kathlekan, Mysore, in November and December " [id. 1890, 4). It also occurs in 

 the Malay Peninsula ; Sumatra ; Java ; Borneo. 



RAHINDA. SINUATA (Pate 301, fig. 1, la, c? ? ). 



Neptis Sinvata, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1879, p. 136. de Niceville, Batt. of India, etc., ii. p. 79 



(1886). 

 Sahinda Sinuata, Moore, Lep. of Ceylon, i. p. 56, pi. 28, fig. 3, 3a (1881). 



Imago. — Male and female. Upperside. Differs from typical Hordonia in the 

 discoidal streak being more irregularly bordered, both portions of the discal band 

 narrower and very sinuously edged, the marginal red lines prominent. On the 

 hindwing the lower edge of the discal band is distinctly sinuous, and the narrow 

 outer band is also sinuous edged. Underside similarly marked as in Hordonia, the 

 strigfB being less prominent and disposed in more irregular patches. 



Expanse, c? Ij^o to Ii^qj ? lA to 2 inches. • 



Habitat. — Ceylon. 



DiSTKiBUTiON. — " Principally a low country insect, difficult to capture perfect 

 as it always frequents the vicinity of thick thorny Acacias. Found at all times, 

 but mostly in March and April" (Mackwood). "Found in the Western and Central 

 Pi'ovince ; commonest in the Plains, but found up to 300 feet in forest land, at all 

 times. Habits shy, flutters about bushes, alighting on the leaves with wings 

 expanded" (Hutchison). 



EAHINDA CNACALIS. 



Neptis Cnacalis, Hewitson, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 187-1, p. 357. de Niceville, Butt, of India, 

 etc., ii. p. 78 (1886). 



Wet-season brood (Plate 301, fig. 2, 2a, b, c, (J ? ). 



Imago. — Male and female. Upperside rich dark olivesceut reddish-brown ; cilia 

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