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goes, is Gassia occidentalls " (J. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1890, 360 ; 1896, 570). Mr. 

 G. r. Hampsou obtained it in the Nilgiris (J. A. S. Beng. 1888, 361). We possess 

 male and female from Madras, reared from larvasby the late Sir W. Elliot, feeding on 

 Cassia occidentalis and C. auriculata in August and September. Mr. H. S. Ferguson 

 I'ecords it as " common in the low country and the Hills, in Travancore " (J. Bomb. 

 N. H. S. 1891, 444). In Ceylon, Mr. F. M. Mackwood found it "in all parts, but more 

 numerous in the low country than in the upper. A few occur in the low country 

 flights. Dr. Thwaites obtained and describes the larva and pupa ; found on Cassia 

 fistula " (Lep. Ceylon, i. 12S). Dr. N. Manders notes " that as far as his observations 

 in Ceylon go, the forms of Pyranthe are not dependent on season, but appear 

 indiscriminately nearly throughout the year, those flying in the dry-season from 

 February to April being a little smaller than those found during the rest of the 

 year" (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1899, 211). Mr. W. C. Taylor cites it as "very common 

 at Khorda in Orissa " (List, 14, 1888). Mr. L. de Niceville notes it as being found 

 in the neighbourhood of Calcutta (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1885, 50). 



Col. Swinhoe has received Pyranthe, Ilea, Thisorella, and Pliilippina " from the 

 Khasia Hills " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 308). Mr. H. J. Elwes records it as " common 

 in Sikkim, up to 3,000 feet elevation, from March to December " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 

 1888, 411). 



In Burma, observes Col. C. H. B. Adamson, " this is a very common insect 

 throughout the year" (List, Burm. Butt. 41 (1897). Dr. N. Manders found it 

 " abundant all over the Shan States, at all elevations" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, 533). 

 Dr. J. Anderson obtained it at " Thaing, King Island, and Mei'gui, in February and 

 March " (J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1886, 49). Mr. W. L. Distant records it from the 

 Malay Peninsula (Rhop. Malay, p. 300). We possess specimens from Sumatra, 

 Java, Borneo, Hainan, Formosa. 



CATOPSILIA ALCYONE. 



Plate 578, figs. 1, ^J, la, b, ? {Wet form). 

 Papilio Alcyone, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. 58, fig. A, B, C, cJ J (1779). 

 Catopsilia Chryseis, Butler, Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool. i. p. 551 (1877). Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, 



p. 591. Wood-Mason and de Niceville, J. As. Soc. Beng. 1881, p. 252. Moore, Lep. Ceylon, 



i. p. 125, pi. 48, figs. 3, 3a, S ? (1881). Distant, Ehop. Malayana, p. 300, pi. 25, fig. 2, c? 



(? fig. 1, ? ); id. pi. 26, fig. 20, ? (1885). Moore, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1886, p. 49. 

 Callidryas Chryseis (pt.), Butler, Cat. Fabr. Lep. B. M. p. 224 (1869). 

 Catopsilia Chryseis (pt.), Adamson, List Burm. Lep. p. 41 (1897). 

 Catopsilia Pyranthe (pt.), Semper, Eeise Phil. Lep. p. 258 (1891). de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. 



Bengal, 1895, p. 492. Fruhstorfer, D. Ent. Zeit. 1902, p. 271. 



Wet form (figs. 1, la, b, <J 9). Male. Upperside bluish-white. Forewing with 

 a black apical marginal band similar to, but broader throughout its length, and less 



