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LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 
goes, is Cassia occidentalis ” (J. Bombay 1ST. H. Soc. 1890, 360; 1896, 570). Mr. 
Gr. F. Hampson obtained it in the Nilgiris (J. A. S. Beng. 1888, 361). We possess 
male and female from Madras, reared from larvseby the late Sir W. Elliot, feeding on 
Cassia occidentalis and C. auriculata in August and September. Mr. H. S. Ferguson 
records it as “common in the low country and the Hills, in Travancore ” (J. Bomb. 
N. H. S. 1891, 444). In Ceylon, Mr. F. M. Mackwood found it “in all parts, but more 
numerous in the low country than in the upper. A few occur in the low country 
flights. Dr. Thwaites obtained and describes the larva and pupa; found on Cassia 
fistula ” (Lep. Ceylon, i. 123). Dr. N. Manders notes “ that as far as his observations 
in Ceylon go, the forms of Pyranthe are not dependent on season, but appear 
indiscriminately nearly throughout the year, those flying in the dry-season from 
February to April being a little smaller than those found during the rest of the 
year” (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1899, 211). Mr. W. C. Taylor cites it as “very common 
at Khorda in Orissa” (List, 14, 1888). Mr. L. de Niceville notes it as being found 
in the neighbourhood of Calcutta (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1885, 50). 
Col. Swinhoe has received Pyranthe, Ilea, Thisorella, and PhilippVna “ from the 
lvhasia Hills ” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 308). Mr. H. J. Elwes records it as “ common 
in Sikkim, up to 3,000 feet elevation, from March to December” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 
1888, 411). 
In Burma, observes Col. C. H. E. Adamson, “ this is a very common insect 
throughout the year” (List, Burin. Butt. 41 (1897). Dr. 1ST. Manders found it 
“ abundant all over the Shan States, at all elevations” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, 533). 
Dr. J. Anderson obtained it at “ Timing, King Island, and Mergui, in February and 
March” (J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1886, 49). Mr. W. L. Distant records it from the 
Malay Peninsula (Bhop. Malay, p. 300). We possess specimens from Sumatra, 
Java, Borneo, Hainan, Formosa. 
CAT0PSILIA ALCYONE. 
Plate 578, figs. 1, £, la, b, 5 (Wetform). 
Papilio Alcyone , Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. 58, fig. A, B, C, <? 4 (1779). 
Catopsilia Chryseis , Butler, Trails. Linn. Soc. Zool. i. p. 551 (1877). Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, 
p. 591. Wood-Mason and de Niceville, J. As. Soc. Beng. 1881, p. 252. Moore, Lep. Ceylon, 
i. p. 125, pi. 48, figs. 8, 3a, S ? (1881). Distant, Ehop. Malayana, p. 300, pi. 25, fig. 2, g 
(? fig. 1, ? ); id. pi. 26, fig. 20, ? (1885). Moore, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1886, p. 49. 
Callidryas Chryseis (pt.), Butler, Cat. Fabr. Lep. B. M. p. 224 (1869). 
Catopsilia Chryseis (pt.), Adamson, List Burm. Lep. p. 41 (1897). 
Catopsilia Pyranthe (pt.), Semper, Beise Phil. Lep. p. 258 (1891). de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. 
Bengal, 1895, p. 492. Fruhstorfer, D. Ent. Zeit. 1902, p. 271. 
Wet form (figs. 1, la, b, S 9). Male. Upperside bluish-white. Forewing with 
a black apical marginal band similar to, but broader throughout its length, and less 
