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LEPIDOPTERA IN DIG A . 
Collection are males and females from “ JRajaori, 4,000 feet, taken in September, and 
others from Kakri.” Mr. W. Doherty obtained it at “ Bhagheswa, Almora, and 
Naim Tal, from 3,000 to 6,000 feet elevation, in Kumaon” (l.c. 1886, 135). Col. 
C. Swinkoe records it from Poona, Bombay, taken in November and December/ 5 
also taken at “Mhow, Central India, in September, October, and November” 
P. Z. S., 1885, 135, id. 1886, 430). Messrs. Davidson & Aitken record it as “ fairly 
common in many parts of the Kanara District, Bombay, but does not seem to 
appear till the monsoon is over. The larva is not distinguishable to us from that of 
T. Hecabe , the pupa is shorter and has the snout slightly upturned. It feeds on a 
Leguminose planlg Cassia pumila ” (J. Bombay N. H. S., 1896, 571). Capt. E. Y. 
Watson obtained it “in Mysore in October, November, and January” (J. Bomb* 
N. H. S., 1890, 7). Mr. G. F. Hampson records it from the Nilgiris (l.c. 1888, 361). 
Mr. W. C. Taylor records it as “not common at Khoorda, in Orissa” (List, p. 14). 
Mr. J. Eothney found it “rare in Calcutta during the rains ” (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1882, 
35). Mr. L. de Niceville also records its capture in the “neighbourhood of 
Calcutta ”) J. A. S. Beng,, 1885, 50). In Ceylon, it is recorded as being “ found in 
the Hills, at 2,000 to 4,000 feet elevation, as a rule near Patnas , or short grass 
land” (Lep. Cey. 1, 120). Dr. N. Manders states that it is “ common in Ceylon, in 
open country, between 2,000 to 5,000 feet elevation 55 (J. A. S. Beng. 1899, 211). 
Of our illustrations on Plate 564, figs. 1, la, b, are from male and female wet 
form, from Simla; figs, lc, d, e, male and female intermediate form, and figs. ], f, g, 
male and female Dry form from S. India. 
KIBBEETA RUBELLA. 
Plate 564, fig. 2, 2a, b, c, d, e, f, g, g ? ■ 
Terias rubella, Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1867, p. 323, y. Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 253. 
de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 1885, p. 50. Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 136; id, 1886, 
p. 430. Taylor, List of Orissa Butt. p. 14 (1888). Elwes, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 413. Hampson, 
J. A. S. Beng. 1888, 361. Ferguson, Journ. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1891, p. 443. Watson, id. 
l.c . 1894, p. 515. 
Terias Libythea (pt.), de Niceville, Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 167. Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1898, p, 58. 
Mackinnon, J. Bombay N„ H. Soc. 1898, p. 588. 
Wet-season form (fig. 2, 2a, <?,2b, c, ?). Male. Upperside somewhat paler 
yellow than in Libythea. Forewing with the outer marginal black band similar, but 
blacker, and slightly narrower posteriorly ; the apical edge of costa and the cilia 
rosy-red. Hindwing with the black outer band somewhat narrower, macular, the 
decreasing portions each with a more prolonged inner-tooth, and the yellow ground¬ 
colour between each extending to the outer edge. Underside pale yellow; markings 
similar to but slightly more distinct than those in Libythea, the forewing also 
