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Wet and Dry-Season Forms. —Of the two named forms, blasius and perseus , 
Mr. de Niceville (J. A. Soc. Bengal, 1887, 348) states that he has proved by 
actual breeding, that they are but seasonal forms of one and the same species. 
No full account of the transformations, however, or the rearing of the broods, has 
yet been published. 
Variation of Individuals in Dry-Season Brood. —The dry-season brood of this 
species is generally more or less larger in size than those of the wet-season brood, 
especially in the female. In some specimens of the dry-season brood reared in 
Calcutta by Mr. L. de Niceville at the end of November, 1886, from eggs deposited by 
a female of the previous wet-season brood, and kindly sent me for examination, both 
sexes (Plate 59, f, d, ¥) are more like those of the wet-season brood on the underside, 
not only in the general tone of colour, but in having, though of smaller size, fully 
developed ocelli on both wings; the discal band distinctly formed and with very 
slightly-defined vein points, the outer border of the wings violescent-grey and some¬ 
what speckled, and the submarginal lines also well defined. Other specimens of this 
same brood—and emergence on the same day—being of the normal mottled pattern 
on the underside. In another example of the female (Plate 59, f, e, ¥) which was 
sent to me years ago from Calcutta by the late Mr. W. S. Atkinson, the upper and 
lower ocellus on the underside of the forewing is replaced by a large white spot, 
and the ocelli on the hindwing have each a large speckled-white pupil. 
Of the illustrations of this species on our Plate No. 59, figs. 1, la, is that of a 
Calcutta male of the wet-season brood; fig lb, that of a Calcutta male of the variety 
named Samba; and figs. 1c, d, of a Ceylon female of the same brood. Of the 
dry-season brood, figs. 2, 2a, represents a Calcutta male; figs. 2b, c, a Nilgiri 
female, and figs. 2d and 2e, varieties of Calcutta females. 
Distribution within Indian Area. —This is a very widely distributed species, being 
found in all suitable localities throughout India, except in the extreme west. It also 
extends to Ceylon and Burma, but has not been found in the Andaman or Nicobar 
Islands, though it has been erroneously included in the list of the Andaman butterflies 
published in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, 583, on the authority of its previous inser¬ 
tion, by Mr. Hewitson, in the list compiled by him and published in the Annals & Mag. 
Nat. Hist. 1874, p. 356, under the name of M. Samba. In the N.W. Himalayas, 
Major H. B. Hellard, in his MS. Notes, records its capture in Simla, at the end of 
June; the Rev. J. Hocking (P. Z. S. 1882, 237), obtained it in Kangra; Mr. W. 
Doherty (J. A. S. Beng. 1886, 114) took it in Kumaon, C£ the first specimen of the 
dry-season form seen on the Lower Gori, 2500 feet, Sept. 29th; also in the Kali 
Valley and the Bhabar or dry Tarai, 1—3000 feet; the wet-season form being common 
in the same localities in August and September.” In the Eastern Himalayas, accord¬ 
ing to Mr. de Niceville (J. A. S. Beng. 1885, p. 1), “both the ocellated and 
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