﻿232 LEPIBOPTERA INDIGA. 



yellow lateral line ; liorns and sides of face rusty-brown " (Davidson and Aitken, 

 J. Bomb. N.H.S. 1890, p. 278). 



Chrysalis. — Thick, cylindrically oval; dorsum much arched; head obtuse; 

 colour green. 



Habitat. — Lower Bengal ; Orissa ; Bombay ; S. India. 



Distribution. — We have examined the type specimen of the male, now in the 

 possession of Mr. H. Grose Smith. Specimens of the female in my own collection 

 (described erroneously as the female of C. Hindia by Mr. Butler) were taken by the 

 late Mr. Arthur Grote at Parasnath Hill, Behar, in Lower Bengal ; a female from 

 Ranchi, Chota Nagpore, is in Mr. Grose Smith's collection; a female is recorded 

 (Butt. Ind. ii. 29]) from Nagpur, taken in March by Mr. E. A. Minchin, and a 

 female was taken by Mr. L. de Niceville in a garden at Alipur, near Calcutta, in the 

 cold weather (J.A.S. Beng. 1885, 45). Males are also recorded from Khorda in 

 Orissa by Mr. W. C. Taylor. Colonel Swinhoe has males from Khandalla taken in 

 October, and a female was taken at Lanaoli in February by Mr. A. B. Watson. Mr. 

 Lindsay took it in Coonoor, and Mr. G. F. Hampson obtained both sexes on the 

 Nilgiris, where it was rare, at from 3000 to 4000 feet. The late Dr. Shortt took 

 both sexes on the Shevaroy Hills. Lieut. E. Y. Watson obtained two males in 

 November at Kathlekan in Mysore. Mr. H. S. Ferguson (.J. Bombay, N.H.S. 1891, 

 10) says it is " not uncommon in the low country of Travancore, and at the foot of 

 the hills." According to Mr. de Niceville (Butt. Ind. ii. 285), " The Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta, has specimens of male from the Wynaad taken by Mr. R. Morgan ; 

 Mr. W. Doherty took males in Travancore and Beypur ; Mr. G. W. Vidal obtained 

 males at Khandalla in April, and Mr. B. H. Aitken took it on Matherhan in 

 January." 



Habits of Imago.— Mr. J. Betham (J. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1890, 28G) states 

 that " it has the most powerful flight of any butterfly I know (while Athamas is 

 the fastest), and looks like a bird while on the wing. It is a very foul feeder, 

 and greedily fond of Mhowa, so much so, that it can be approached and taken 

 by the fingers while engaged in its meal. One year I took several of these and 

 G. Fabius and a few G. Athamas, at a Sirris tree (Acacia speciosa) which had a 

 bough injured in some way, and from which a juice was exuded. The wings 

 of several of the Charaxes that I took had bits chipped out of them by the 

 beaks of birds." Mr. E. H. Aitken (J. Bombay N.H.S. 1886, 132) says : "Last 

 December Mr. J. Davidson and I spent part of two days at Matherhan in trying 

 to capture two specimens, or rather, I should say, one specimen, for when 

 we got them we found that only half of each remained. I have since found 

 that it is by no means uncommon on the Ghats from December to March at 

 least, but it does not put itself in the way of being captured. It comes out about 



