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LEPIDOPTERA IN DIG A . 
Madras, very common, from March to August” (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1890, 267), also 
in C£ Mysore in November” (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1890, 7). Air, IJ. S. Ferguson 
found it u not common in Travancoro, in the Hills at 1,000 to 4,000 feet ” (id. lx. 
1891, 443). 
In Ceylon, Air. F. AI. Alackwood records it as tc a low country butterfly, with a 
slow flight, and seldom seen away from low brushwood, its favourite haunt.” Capt. 
W ade found it u very common at Kandy, and easy to capture.” Capt. Hutchison 
took it at Afatale, and in Colombo from June to December; flight slow, scarcely 
rising above the ground” (Lep. Ceylon, i, 118). Dr. N. Manders found it “ widely 
distributed over Ceylon, and not uncommon in low country jungles ” (J. As. Soc. 
Beng. 1899, 210). 
In Burma, Col. C. II. E. Adamson records it as “ very common in shady places 
throughout the country” (List Burm. Butt. 1897,40). Capt. E. Y. AVatson took it 
at “ Bank in November, and at Tilinfrom November to May ” (J. Bombay N. H. S. 
1891, 61). Capt. Watson also found it “ common in the Upper Chindwin District, 
in the dry season, between January and June” (id. lx. 1897, 669). Dr, J. Anderson 
took it in Mergui, Tenasserim, in November, and on Elphinstone Island in March ” 
(J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1886, 45). 
LEPT0SIA NICOBARICA. 
Nychitona Xiphia, var. Nicobarica, Doherty, Journ. A*. Soc. Bengal, 1886, p. 262. 
Male. Upper si do. Forewing with the apical marginal black band comparatively 
narrower than in Ceylon, Indian, or Burmese specimens of Xiphia, the discal 
oblique spot being much smaller, transversely narrower, and less prominent. 
Underside. Forewing with the costal and apical flecks and discal spot indistinctly 
defined. Hindwing with the strigae much less numerous and indistinctly defined. 
Expanse, 1 -/q to l- x % inches. 
Habitat. —Great and Little Nicobar Island. 
Sub-family COLXINjE. 
Co liana?, Swainson, Cabinet Cycle, p. 87 (1840). 
Rhodoceridce , Dupouchel, Catal. Metli. Lep. Eur. p. 26 (1844). JuU. Brit. Butt. pp. 86, 251 (1896). 
Ivhodoceridi , Stephens, Catal. Brit. Lep. B. M. p. 2 (1850). Scudder, Butt. U. S. ii. p. 1,040 (1889). 
Pieridi (pt.), Stephens, List Brit. Lep. B. M. p. 3 (1850). Stainton, Manual Brit. Lep. p. 15 (1857). 
Eryadce , Sclmtz, Exot. Schmett. ii. p. 66 (1886). 
Oallidryinai , Kirby, Allen’s Nat. Libr. Butt. ii. p, 207 (1896). 
Aniliocharince (pt.), Kirby, l.c. p. 185. 
Eurymini (pt.), Grote, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1900, p. 46. 
Frucjacia et Fidelia (pt.), Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. pp. 96, 98 (1816). 
