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specimen of this butterfly—a male of the wet form, labelled “ Heeabe which is 
stated by the Librarian, Mr. A. W. Kappel, to be in Linne’s own handwriting. This 
specimen, on the upperside of the forewing, has the broad anterior portion of the 
band angled at the middle of the upper median veinlet, and a broad posterior 
portion, and also the broad band on the hindwing, this pattern of the bands being the 
same as in that which we have described and figured, as typical Heeabe , in this work. 
Petiver’s insect is stated by that author to have come from cc Luzon,” 
and his figure, in “ Gazoph.” pi. 28, represents the butterfly on the upperside, 
with the band on forewing as being anteriorly somewhat narrowed (probably from 
abrasion), and not angled at the upper median. This anterior angulation of the 
band is not represented in Clerck’s drawing, but is well indicated in Edwards’ 
figure. We have, therefore, rejected Petiver’s figure, as an erroneous identification 
(by Linne). Petiver’s figure agrees exactly with that given in Seraper’s Reis. Philip. 
Lep. pi. 41, fig. 13, which is there given as the male of the Philippine representative 
of Heeabe , and we have therefore assigned it to that local-group of species. 
Larva. — cc Cylindrical, slightly depressed, long, rugose; head large. Colour 
green.” 
Pupa “ suspended by the tail and a moderately long band ; abdominal segments 
round, the thorax much compressed; wing-cases uniting to form a sharp keel, the 
head case terminating in a short pointed snout. Ordinarily the pupa is solitary and 
green. The favourite food of the larva, in the Kanara District, Bombay, is Sesbania 
aeuleata , a Monsoon annual; it also feeds readily on Cassia Tor a 5 ’ (Davidson and 
Aitken, J. Bombay N. H. S. 1890, 359). 
Habits of Imago; Larva; Pupa. —In Sumatra “All species of Terms are weak 
on the wing, fly slowly, and never leave the ground lor a high flight. They are all, 
with the exception of T. Harina , found in open places, in gardens, on roads, and 
near houses, the males frequently assembling in large numbers on wet spots on 
roads, and by the sides of rivers and streams. T. Heeabe sometimes appears in 
swarms, and its larva may then prove very destructive to Cassia plantations. 
Cassia florida is its favourite food-plant, on which the eggs are sometimes deposited 
singly, as are the eggs of Gatopsilia , but sometimes on a single leaf a large number 
are placed in a rhomboid shape. In the latter case the green pilose larva with a 
yellowish-white lateral streak and a black head live in societies, and the pupa are 
also suspended sociably, a fact not previously, we believe, observed in Lepidoptera. 
If the pupa hang from leaves they are green, if near flowers of the Cassia they are 
yellow, and if the caterpillars leave the food-plant and pupate on certain high 
Graminese they are blackish-brown like the seed of the grass. As the pupae are 
arranged at regular distances apart, the deception is a very good one, and must 
