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Habitat. —Western and Central India. 
Distribution. —The type specimens, in the British Museum Collection, were 
obtained at “ Mhow and Depalpur, in December and February” (lx. 1883, 151). 
Col. C. Swinlioe records it from u Poona, taken in January, February, March, 
April, and December, and at Mhow in December and April ” (lx, 1885, 136 ; 1886, 
430). In Col. Swinhoe’s Collection is a male of ivet form from Mahableshwar, taken 
in May; also co-types of Dry form, taken at Mhow, in November and February, also 
males taken at Karachi in February, Poona in January, Ahmednuggur, June and 
November, and at Alibagli in June. We possess a female of Wet form—(locality 
not stated) ; males of the Dry form, taken at Poona in December, March, and 
April; Mhow, December, and from Ahmednuggur. Col. Swinhoe obtained it in 
64 Karachi from November to March ” (lx. 1887, 275). 
Of our illustrations on Plate 569, fig. 3 is the male Wet form from Mahablesh¬ 
war ; 3a, the female of Wet form; 3b, male Dry form, from Poona, 3c, female of 
Extreme Dry form from Ahmednuggur; figs. 4, 4a, male and female, var. Narcissus , 
from Mhow and Poona. 
TERIAS DAVIDSONIX. 
Plate 570, figs. 1, la, $ (Wet), lb, c, g $ ( Intermediate ), cl, e, g $ (Z>ry), f, g, g $ {Extra-Dry) . 
Terms Silhetana , Davidson and Aitken, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 1896, p. 571, pi. 6, fig. 6, 6a, 
larva and pupa, cle NiceviJle, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1900, p. 252 (Extra-Dry form). 
Terias Hecabe (pt.), Hampson, J. As. Soc. Beng. 1888, p. 361. 
Wet form (fig. 1, la). Both sexes larger than the local Wet form of T . Hecabe . 
Male. Upperside. Forewing with the broad black outer marginal band having the 
lower end broader and shorter, more inwardly irregular, and its inner-edge curving 
outward to the posterior angle. Hindwmg with a broader black outer-marginal 
band, excavated on its inner edge. Underside. Forewing with the ordinary slightly- 
defined discocellular mark and three cell-marks. Hinclwvng with slightly-defined 
ordinary markings. 
Female. Upperside. Foreioing with broader outer-marginal band than in 
male, its lower inner-edge extending obliquely outward ; the discocellular mark of 
the underside distinctly visible. Hindwing with a much broader marginal sinuous- 
edged band than in Hecabe. Underside as in male. 
Expanse, <S 2, ? 2^ inches. 
Intermediate form (fig. lb, c.) Male. Upperside. Forewing with the black 
outer band somewhat narrower than in typical Wet form, its lower end shorter, 
and slightly outwardly-oblique. Hindwing with narrow black marginal band. 
