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occurs at Kangra, specimens of the wet-season form being in Col. Swinhoe’s collec¬ 
tion and the dry-season form ( subfasciata ) was obtained by the Rev. J. Hocking 
(P. Z. S. 1882. 237), Mr. Doherty, in his notes on the butterflies taken in Kumaon 
(J. A, S. Beng, 1886, 114) doubtless refers to this species (and not to its ally with 
the yellow glandular patch, with which he there associates it—the latter species, so far 
as is known to the author, does not occur in the N.-W. Himalayas). He remarks that 
* c the wet-season form is commoner than C. Perseus in all the valleys up to 5000 feet, 
in August and September; the dry-season form, first seen on the Lower Sarju about 
September 23rd; ” the caterpillar taken in S. Orissa, and there described by Mr. 
Doherty as that of the present species, belongs to its ally. Col. A. M. Lang (Ent- 
Mo. Mag. 1864, 182) records Drusia , Otrea , and Polydecta [the latter probably'Blasius] 
as being found in Oudh cc appearing in autumn, of feeble flight, flapping weakly 
about near the ground and amongst long grass and low herbage. 55 The late Capt. 
de la Chaumette (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1865, 38) also gives Drusia and Polydecta as 
“ occurring in Oudh,” and to their being widely dispersed in the Central Provinces. 55 
In his MS. notes of 1861, Capt. Chaumette also describes the larva as follows :— 
“ Caterpillar after first moult, 4 lines long; ground colour bright apple-green, 
dorsal line dark green; incisions yellowish ; on anal segment two little pointed 
protuberances; abdomen bright apple-green, ventral line dark green ; legs green ; 
head rough, pale plum colour, round beneath, flat above and terminating at top in 
two minute raised and pointed tubercles ; stigmata brown, with a pale pupil. After 
last moult, length 10 lines to an inch; cylindrical and much attenuated posteriorly ; 
rough ; colours and general characters as after first moult. Habits lazy. Went 
into chrysalis August 22nd. Chrysalis ,—pendular, short, thick, green. Imago 
emerged August 31st. Pound on the wing from June to September in Lucknow.” 
But no specimens from these localities have been seen by the author, and their 
identity requires verification. Males and females of the wet-season form from 
Durbunga. in Behar, are in the British Museum Collection, and others from 
Ranchi, in Chota Nagpore, taken by Mr. Irvine in June, July, and August, are in 
Col. Swinhoe’s collection. A single male of the wet-season form taken by Mr. 
Mowis, in Sikkim, is also in Col. Swinhoe’s possession. Proceeding south-eastward, 
there are Cachar specimens of both sexes of the wet-season form in the British 
Museum; from the Naga Hills in the collection of Mr. Jenner Weir, and of Mr. 
Crowley, the latter also possessing both broods from the Karen Hills. Specimens 
of both sexes of the wet-season form, from Chittagong and Mandalay, are in the 
author’s possession. In the British Museum are examples of the wet-season form 
and of the dry-season form (Carpenteri Butler) from Pegu. In Rangoon, the wet- 
season form was taken by Mr. Noble in June (Coll. Col. Swinhoe). In Upper 
Tenasserim, Mr. Limburg (P. Z. S. 1878, 825) obtained the wet-season form “from 
