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Collection are males and females from " -Rajaori, 4,000 feet, taken in September, and 

 others from Kakri." Mr. W. Dobertj obtained it at " Bhagheswa, Almora, and 

 Kaini Tal, from 3,000 to 6,000 feet elevation, in Kumaon" {I.e. 1886, 135). Col. 

 C. Swinhoe records it from Poona, Bombay, taken in JSTovember and December," 

 also taken at "Mhow, Central India, in September, October, and November" 

 P. Z. S., 1885, 135, id. 1886, 430). Messrs. Davidson & Aitken record it as " fairly 

 common in many parts of tLe Kanara District, Bombay, but does not seem to 

 appear till the monsoon is over. The larva is not distinguishable to us from that of 

 T. Hecahe, the pupa is shorter and has the snout slightly upturned. It feeds on a 

 Leguminose plant, Cassia ptimila" (J. Bombay N. H. S., 1896,571). Capt. E. Y. 

 Watson obtained it "in Mysore in October, November, and January" (.1. Bomb- 

 N. H. S., 1890, 7). Mr. G. F. Hampson records it from the Nilgiris (I.e. 1888, S61). 

 Mr. W. C. Taylor records it as "not common at Khoorda, in Orissa" (List, p. 14). 

 Mr. J. Rothney found it "rare in Calcutta during the rains " (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1882, 

 35). Mr. L. de Niceville also records its capture in the "neighbourhood of 

 Calcutta ") J. A. S. Beng., 1885, 50). In Ceylon, it is recorded as being " found in 

 the Hills, at 2,000 to 4,000 feet elevation, as a rule near Patnas, or short grass 

 land" (Lep. Cey. 1, 120). Dr. N. Manders states that it is "common in Ceylon, in 

 open country, between 2,000 to 5,000 feet elevation " (J. A. S, Beng. 1899, 211). 



Of our illustrations on Plate 564, figs. 1, la, b, are from male and female tvet 

 form, from Simla; figs. Ic, d, e, male and female intermediate form, and figs. 1, f, g, 

 male and female Dry form from S. India. 



KIBBEETA RUBELLA. 



Plate 564, fig. 2, 2a, b, c, d, e, f, g, (J ? . 



Terias rvbella, "Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1867, p. 323, S- Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 253. 

 de Niceville, Journ. As. Sof,. Bengal 1885, p. 50. Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 136; id. 1886, 

 p. 430. Taylor, List of Orissa Butt. p. 14 (1888). Elwes, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 413. Hampson, 

 J. A. S. Beug. 1888, 361. Ferguson, Journ. Bombay X. H. Soc. 1891, p. 443. Watson, id. 

 I.e. 1894, p. 515. 



Terias Lihythea (pt.), de Niceville, Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 167. Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1898, p. 58. 

 Mackinnon, J. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1898, p. 588. 



Wet-season form {?ig. 2, 2a, c?,2b, c, ?). Male. Upperside somewhat paler 

 yellow than in Lihythea. Forexoing with the outer marginal black band similar, but 

 blacker, and slightly narrower posteriorly ; the apical edge of costa and the cilia 

 rosy-red. Hindicing with the black outer band somewhat narrower, macular, the 

 decreasing portions each with a more prolonged inner-tooth, and the yellow ground- 

 colour between each extending to the outer edge. Underside pale yellow ; markings 

 similar to but slightly more distiuct than those iu Lihi/tJtea, the forewiug also 



