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LEPID OP TER A INJDICA. 
in the ££ Lower Gori, Kumaon, at 2,500 feet elevation. Scarce 5 ’ (J. As. Soc. Beng. 
1886, 136). We possess specimens from Nepal, taken by the late Gen. G. Ramsay. 
Mr. H. J. Elwes found it £< common in Sikkim up to 3,000 feet elevation, from April 
to December ” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 437). Mr. L. de Niceville says it is ££ common 
in Sikkim at low elevations throughout the year” (Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 175). 
Mr. J. Wood-Mason records e£ ten males and three females, taken in forests around 
Silcuri, Cachar, from May 12th to August 5th 55 (,J. As. Soc. Beng. 1886, 375). 
Col. C. Swinhoe records it from the “Khasia Hills” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 314). In 
Southern India it was obtained by Mr. S. N. Ward, in ££ Malabar and Kanara, above 
and below the Ghats, and in the Nilgiris” (MS. Notes). Messrs. J. Davidson and 
E. H. Aitken obtained the larvae and butterfly in the N. Kanara District of Bombay, 
the larvae appearing in June, and again more abundantly three months later, at which 
time the butterfly is most common, but it may be met with every month of the year 55 
(J. Bombay N. H. S. 1896, 578). Mr. G. E. Hampson obtained it on the £c Nilgiris, 
from 1,000 to 7,000 feet elevation ” (J. A. Soc. Beng. 1888, 364). It is ££ very 
common in the low country and hills of Travancore” (H. S. Ferguson, J. Bombay 
N. H. S. 1891, 446). Lieut. E. Y. Watson records it as ££ the commonest butterfly 
in Madras, from March to August” (J, As. Soc. Beng, 1890, 268). In Ceylon the 
larva is stated, by Dr. Thwaites, to feed on Magnoliaceae and Anonaceae. Mr. F. M. 
Mackwood found the butterfly in fair numbers, both in low country and above 4,000 
feet elevation, all through the year. The larva feeding on Soursop ( Anona ) and 
Cinnamon” (Lep. Ceylon, i. 145). Dr. N. Manders says it is ££ usually common and 
frequently very abundant in Ceylon, especially in the low country and lower hill 
districts, and is given to migrating ” (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1899, 224). Prof. R. 
Meldola obtained it in ££ Kamorta, Nicobars, in April, and Mr. F. de Roepstorff at 
Port Blair, S. Andamans ” (P. Z. S. 1877, 592). In Burma it is found ££ throughout 
the country, except in the central Plains. It frequents gardens, and the larva is 
easily found” (Col. C. H. E. Adamson, List, 1897, 49). Mr. O. Limborg obtained it 
on the road from ££ Moulmein to Meetan ; Hatseiga; and Houngduran Source” 
(P. Z. S. 1878, 841). Signor L» Fea took it at ££ Shwegoomyo in October, and at 
Bhamo in November” (MS. Note). Capt. E. Y. Watson obtained ££ a single 
specimen in the N. Chin Hills, at 3,500 feet elevation, in the rainy season ” (J. 
Bombay N. H. S. 1897, 672). Mr. H. J. Elwes records ££ a few males from Ponsekai, 
Tavoy, and the Hills on the Siam frontier” (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1886, 437). Dr. J. 
Anderson obtained it in “Mergui in December, Zediwon in December, on Sullivan 
Island in January, and on Elphinstone Island in March” (J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1886, 
50). Dr. L. Martin writes, ££ It is common, in N.E. Sumatra, throughout the year, 
everywhere in the plains where Anona muricata and Michelia champaca, the food- 
plants of the larvae, are found, and frequents the flowers of the Lantana , etc., in 
