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LEPIDOPTERA INDICA, 
band broader, but less distinctly defined than in male. Underside. Ordinary 
markings similar to the male. 
Expanse, S 1^ to 2 x - 0 ; 9 1^ to 2^ inches. 
Dry form (fig. 1, f, g, h, i, c? 9). Male. Upperside similar to the Wet form. 
Forewing with the marginal black band slightly shorter at the lower end. Hindiving 
with the band narrower than in Wet form. Underside. Both wind's with the 
ordinary markings more distinct, and the discocellular mark generally broader. 
Forewing with the sexual brands as in wet form, and a more or less slightly-defined, 
or a distinctly formed, brown subapical patch, and in this form, a minute black 
point is always present at the base of the lower subcostal veinlet. 
Female. Upperside. Forewing with the marginal band as in female Wet form, 
but slightly shorter at its lower end. Hindwing with the band somewhat narrower. 
Underside similar to the male. 
Expanse, <S 1^ to 2, ? lj^ to 2^ inches. 
Aberrant Var . (fig. 2 = curiosa). Male ( Wet form). Upperside. “Forewing 
with the costa black, a broad black marginal band commencing just outside the 
middle of the costa, sinuous internally, and filling nearly the whole of the marginal 
area. Hindwing with the black border as in HecabeoidesF Underside. Forewing 
with very slightly-defined apical-marginal dots and two discocellular dots, the two 
sexual brands being also present. Hindwing also with marginal dots and a 
discocellular ringlet. 
Expanse, 1^> inch. 
Habitat. —Lower Western, Central, and Eastern Himalayas; throughout 
Continental India; Ceylon; Burma; Tenasserim; Andamans; Nicobars ; Malay 
Peninsula; Siam; Annam ; S.E. China; Sumatra; Borneo; Java. 
Historical Note on the type of Hecabe. —That Linnseus in Syst. Nat. X. ed. 
p. 470 (1758) described this butterfly from a specimen (presumably) in his own 
possession, and not from the figure in Petiver—which he there quotes as an 
illustration of his species, is evidenced by his describing the underside of his own 
specimen, whereas, Petiver figures the upperside only. In his “ Mus. Ludov. 
Ulricas,” p. 249 (1764), this species is more fully described, Petiver’s figure being 
here quoted as Pap. Luzoniensis , and Edwards’ figure added as a second illustration. 
Again, in Syst. Nat. XII. ed. p. 763 (1767) the same description is here repeated, 
the Mus. Ulricas being quoted, and both Petiver’s and Edwards’ figure given as 
illustrations. 
In Clerck’s unpublished “ leones,” vol. iii., pi. 6, figs. 4 a, b (of which I have a 
correct tracing obtained from the Stockholm Academy) represent the upper and 
underside of (probably) the Linnaean specimen. 
In Linne’s Cabinet of Insects, at the Linnaean Society of London, there is a 
