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band broader, but less distinctly defined than in male. Underside. Ordinary 

 markings similar to tlie male. 



Expanse, c? I^^q to Sj^o ; 9 \-^q to 2^^, inches. 



Dry form (fig. 1, f, g, b, i, J' 9). Male. UiDperside similar to the Wet form. 

 Foreioing witli the marginal black band slightly shorter at the lower end. Hindwing 

 with the band narrower than in \Yet form. Underside. Both wings with the 

 ordinary markings more distinct, and the disicocellular mark generally broader. 

 Foreiving with the sexual brands as in wet form, and a more or less slightly-defined, 

 or a distinctly formed, brown subapical patch, and in this form, a minute black 

 point is always present at the base of the lower subcostal veinlet. 



Female. Upperside. Foreioing with the marginal band as in female Wet form, 

 but slightly shorter at its lower end. Hindwing with the band somewhat narrower. 

 Underside similar to the male. 



Expanse, <S 1^^ to 2, ? l-^^ to 21^0 inches. 



Aberrant Van (fig. 2= ciiriosa). Male {Wet for in). Upperside. "Foreioing 

 with the costa black, a broad black marginal band commencing just outside the 

 middle of the costa, sinuous internally, and filling nearly the whole of the marginal 

 area. Hindwing with the black border as in Hecabeoides." Underside. Foreioing 

 with very slightly-defined apical-marginal dots and two discocellular dots, the two 

 sexual brands being also present, Hindwing also with marginal dots and a 

 discocellular ringlet. 



Expanse, Ii-q inch. 



Habitat. — Lower Western, Central, and Eastern Himalayas ; throughout 

 Continental India ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; Andamans ; Nicobars ; Malay 

 Peninsula; Siam ; Annam ; S.E.China; Sumatra; Borneo; Java- 



Historical Note on the type of Hecabe. — That Linnaeus in Syst. Nat. X. ed. 

 p. 470 (1758) described this butterfly from a specimen (presumably) in his own 

 possession, and not from the figure in Petiver — which he there quotes as an 

 illustration of his species, is evidenced by his describing the underside of his own 

 specimen, whereas, Petiver figures the upperside only. In his " Mus. Ludov. 

 Ulricse," p. 249 (1764), this species is more fully described, Petiver's figure being 

 here quoted as Pap. Luzoniensis, and Edwai'ds' figure added as a second illustration. 

 Again, in Syst. Nat. XII. ed. p. 763 (1767) the same description is here repeated, 

 the Mus. Uh'icEB being quoted, and both Petiver's and Edwards' figure given as 

 illustrations. 



In Clerck's unpublished " loones," vol. iii., pi. 6, figs. 4a, h (of which I have a 

 correct tracing obtained from the Stockholm Academy) represent the upper and 

 underside of (pi'obably) the Linnjsan specimen. 



In Linne's Cabinet of Insects, at the LiuuEean Society of London, there is a 



