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form of female wliicli mimics D. Dorippns. The larva differs little from that of 

 Bolina. We have never reared it in Kanara" {id. Journ. Bomb. N. H. S. 189(3, 

 253). Mr. G. F. Harapson obtained it in the " Nilgiris, three forms of female 

 occurring, mimicking L. (Jhryslpims, xilclppm^, and Dorippns " (J. A. S. Beng. 1888, 

 354). Mr. H. S. Ferguson found it " common in Travancore ; only one form of 

 female occurs mimicking L. Ghrijsip'pus'" (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1891,8). Capt. 

 B. Y. Watson took " numerous males at Kadur and Banavar in November, and at 

 Gersoppa Falls, Mysore, in January. Also other specimens in Madras, in March, 

 April, July and August, not so common as Bolina " [id. 1890, pp. 5, 266). Mr, 

 W. C. Taylor records it from " Khorda, in Orissa, the form of female mimicking 

 D. Ghrysippus common, the form mimicliing D. Klugii very rare" (List 1888, p. 5). 

 Mr. L. de Niceville says it is " much rarer in Calcutta than Bolina. Both forms of 

 female occur here. The larva feeds on Portulaca vieridiana in Calcutta " (J. A. S. 

 Beng. 1885, 44). " In Sikkim it is very rare. The only females thence that I have 

 seen have been of the first form, Diocippus" {id. Sikk. Gazetteer, 1894, 139). Col. 

 C.Swinhoe records it from the Khasias(Tr. Eat. Soc. 1893, 281). Col.C.H.E. Adamson 

 found it " not nearly so common in Lower Burma as Bolina; but is very common in 

 the dry zone of Central Burma" (List 1897, 22). Dr. F. Manders records it from 

 the " Shan States, Burma " (Tr. Eut. Soc. 1890). - 



In Ceylon, it is " found at all elevations. In the low country during September 

 they are particularly numerous ; this and the following month appears to be the 

 chief time of appearance. Larva feeds on Abutiloii, Ahelmoschos, etc." (Lep. Ceyl. 

 i. 59). Capt. F. J. Hutchison, in letter from Colombo, dated October 12th, 1869, 

 writes, " I have caught a male hovering round a female resembline D. Ghrysippus, and 

 have also caught the male in copula with a female of the same fulvous colour, but 

 without the black tip and white bar on the forewing." Mr. W. Doherty recoi'ds it 

 from the "Andamans, a male taken at Mount Harriet, near Port Blair. Also both 

 sexes from Kar Nicobar, the female being a mimic of D. Chry.'^ippus" (J. A. S. Beng. 

 1886, 258). It has also been taken on " Naukowri and Katschall, Nicobars " (de 

 Niceville, id. 1882, 16). 



It also occurs in the Malay Peninsula (Distant, Rhop. Malay. 167). " In Sumati'a 

 it is very common, and abounds in open places, on roads, near houses, and especially 

 in newly-cut tobacco fields. The female is of the form Diocippus ; the form which 

 mimics D. Klnr/ii, is not found in Sumatra, neither does it mimic the white aberration 

 of D, Ghrysippus (Alcippus), which is found in Sumatra " (L. de Niceville, J. A. S. 

 Beng. 1895, 413). Dr. Horsfield obtained many specimens in Java, the female 

 being a mimic of D. Ghrysippus. Messrs. W. B. Pryer and D. Cator record it from 

 N. Borneo (Brit. N. Borneo Herald, 1894, 260). It also occurs at Sarawak 

 (E. Bartlett, Note Book, 1896, 87). Mr. H. Druce records it from " Chentaboon, 



