season form of this species as above described and figured, from tlie widely spread 

 ai'eas in which it is found; as follows : — Wet and dry form from Kashmir, taken by 

 Oapt. R. Bayne Reed; Simla; Campbellpur, loet, June, dry, November ; Thundiani, 

 wet and dry, September ; Hassan Abdal, wet, June ; Rawul Pindi, ivet, September, 

 taken by Col. J. W, Yerbury; Nepal (G-enl. G. Ramsay) ; Darjiling, and Bhotan 

 (Mr. G. C. Dudgeon) ; Ahmednuggur, wetimd dry, July, October ; Karachi, luet, June ; 

 Bombay, toet, June, dry, Jannary ; Poona, wet, June and July ; Belgaum, dry, August, 

 taken by Col. 0. Swinhoe ; Nilgiris, wet and dry (Mr. G. F. Hampson) ; Madras, wet ; 

 Ceylon, ivet and dry; Barrackpur, Calcutta, ?yei and dri/ (J. F. Rothney) ; Assam 

 wet ; Chittagong, icet, June, Sept3raber ; Rangoon, wet, August (Col. C. T. Bingham) ; 

 Burma, icet (CoJ. Adamson) ; Mergui (Dr. Anderson) ; Andamans ; Nicobars (Mr. F. 

 de Roepstorif) ; Malacca, wet; Nias, loet ; Sumatra, luei and dry ; Java, wet and dry 

 (Dr. Horsfield) ; S. E. China, xvet and dry. Col. C. Swinhoe possesses verified 

 specimens from Karachi, dry form taken in January, September, October, and 

 November; Bombay, dry, March ; Sattara ; Belgaum, ivet, October ; Poona, xvet, July. 

 Col. C. T. Bingliam has specimens from Jabulpur, wet, September ; Nowgong, 

 Assam, dry, November; Pegu, wet, April and May; Siam and Tonkin, 



Capt. A. M. Lang obtained it in the " Simla Hills" (Ent. M. Mag. 1864, 104). 

 Capt. Chaumette "captured it in Oudh " {I.e. 1865, 37). Mr. J. H. Hocking took 

 it at " Dharmsala, Kangra District " (P. Z. S. 1882, 252). Mr. \Y. Doherty records 

 it as being found " everywhere, in Kumaon, up to 8,000 feet, occasionally higher" 

 (J. A, S. Beng. 1886, 135). "This is the commonest species of the genus in Masuri 

 and the Delira Dun" (Mr. P. W. Mackinnon, J. Bombay N. H. S. 1S98, 586). 

 Col. C. Swinhoe records it from " Karachi, appearing plentifully from April to 

 August" (P. Z. S. 1884, 507). Also "common everywhere in Bombay and the 

 Dekkan from October to May" {id. 1885, 136), and at " Mhow in February, July, 

 September, October, and November " {id. 1886, 430). Col. Swinhoe also obtained 

 one example of the variety curiosa, at Karachi in August, 1879 {id. 1884, 508). 

 Mr. G. F. Hampson records it from the "Xilgiris" (J. As. S. Beng. 18S8, 361). 

 Capt. E. Y. Watson obtained " numerous specimens in Mysore during November " 

 (J. Bomb. N. H. S. 1890, 7), and records it as " common in Madras in May, June, 

 and July" (J. A. S. Beng. 1890, 267). Dr. N. Manders says it is "abundant 

 everywhere in Ceylon, and occurs at all seasons, the larva feeding on the Madras 

 Thorn" (J. A. S. Beng. 1899, 212). Mr. H. S. Ferguson found it "common in 

 Travanoore, S. India, in low country and the Hills" (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1891, 

 43). Mr. W. C. Taylor says it is "common at Khorda, Orissa " (List, p. 13). 

 Mr. J. Rothney found it " very common in Barrackpur Park, near Calcutta, from 

 March to October, especially during the rains, and is a lover of sunshine" (Ent. M. 

 Mag. 1882, 35). Mr. L. de NiceviUe also records it as " common at all seasons iu 



