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unocellated forms are very rare in Sikkim,” and Mr. H. I. Elwes (Tr. Ent. Soc. 
Lond. 1888, 803), also observes that they “ are not common in the Sikkim hills, but 
occur at low elevations, and more abundantly in the Terai. Mr. 0. Muller notes both 
forms as occurring towards the end of the rains in September and October.” It 
is recorded (Butt, of India, i. 116) from the Punjab, and also as being common at 
Lucknow in Oudh. In Manipuri, N. W. Provinces, it was obtained by the late Mr. C. 
Horne. At Mhow, in the Central Provinces, Col. C. Swinhoe (P. Z. S. 1886, 422), 
records the capture of perseus in October and April, one specimen only being taken 
in the latter month ; it was fairly common in October.” Mr. J. A. Betham obtained 
it at Raipur in November. In Bombay, perseus was taken by Col. Swinhoe in 
“ October, but was not common, and in Poona in October and November.” Major 
W. J. Yerbury, in his MS. Notes, records perseus as taken “ on Matheran Hill at end 
of October.” Mr. G. F. Hampson (J. A. S. Beng. 1888, 348) obtained it on the 
Nilgiris—the specimens recorded are now under examination,—the wet-season brood 
being taken in August, September and October and the dry-season brood in Novem¬ 
ber and January. From Travancore, further south, I possess specimens taken at 
Kowdias. at 2000 feet. In Ceylon, Capt. Hutchinson states (Lep. Ceylon, i. 21) that 
it is cc found at ail times in the Western and Central Provinces, both in the plains and 
up to 2000 feet, on grassy lands; its flight being short and slow, along* edges of 
forest-paths and grass lands, settling on tufts of grass.” On the Eastern side of 
Continental India we have no record of its occurring in the Madras district. Mr. 
W. C. Taylor notes it in his list of butterflies of Orissa, as being taken in Khorda, 
where it is very common. Specimens from Ranchi, Lower Bengal, taken by Mr. 
Irvine, in July, are in Col. Swinhoe’s collection. In the neighbourhood of Calcutta 
Mr. J. Rothney (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1882, 34) found it <c common in Barrackpore Park, 
being fond of shade and settling mostly on long grass.” Mr. L. de Niceville (J. A. S. 
Beng. 1885, 42) found the ocellated brood not uncommon during the rainy season in 
the Calcutta district, and the nnocellated form being common during the cold and hot 
weather, and in 1886 reared the unocellated form during November, from eggs deposited 
by a female of the previous wet-season form. Specimens of both the wet and dry-season 
forms from Malda, taken by Mr. Irvine, are in Col. Swinhoe’s and Mr. Hampson’s 
collections. In Cacliar, according to Mr. Wood-Mason (J. A. S. Beng. 1887, 348) 
“ eleven males and one female of the ocellated form obtained around Silcuri between 
May 27th and June 28th, and of the unocellated form two males only were obtained 
near Silchar on April 3rd.” Specimens from Shillong, in the Kasia Hills, are in Mr. 
P. Crowley’s cabinet. From Burma, I possess specimens of the wet-season form, taken 
in September in the Chittagong Hills. In the Shan States it was found to be very 
common by Dr. N. Manders (Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890, 517). According to Major 
C. H. E. Adamson (Notes on Burmese butterflies), the “ ocellated form is very common 
