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LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 
Pupa. —Conical; truncated in front; thorax produced into a lengthened 
obtusely-pointed frontal process. 
Habitat.— K India; Burma; Tenasserim; Andamans; Malay Peninsula; 
Tonkin; Hainan; Sumatra; Engano; Java; Natuna Isles; Borneo; Palawan; 
Philippines; Loo Choo Isles; S. Japan. 
Distribution and Habits. —In the N.W. Himalayas, Capt. T. Hutton says this 
is “ one of the commonest butterflies at Masuri. If appears early in May, and is 
found till the end of the rains in September. It usually frequents the tops or 
Oak trees, where it flits about with a jumping or jerking flight, and is somewhat 
difficult to capture, from its quickness, and the height at which it keeps ” (Tr. Ent. 
Soc. 1847, 51). Capt. A. M. Lang states that it is “seen but in few places in the 
H.W. Himalayas, and never more than one at a time. It is bold and rapid in flight, 
and not easily captured ” (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1864, 101). Mr. P. W. Mackinnon records 
it as “ very common at Masuri in the spring, summer, and beginning of the rainy 
season, and in the Dun in March and August. The larva, in Masuri, feeds on the 
leaves of Machilus ocloratissima , N.O. Laurinese. It pupates in June, and the imago 
emerges the following spring” (Journ. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1898, 595). Mr. W. 
Doherty obtained it at Sarju, Ramganga, Gori and Kali Valleys, 2,000 to 5,000 feet 
elevation, in Kumaon ” (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1886, 186). Mr. J. H. Hocking took it 
in the “Kangra Hills. It flies round and round the tops of trees” (P. Z. S. 1882, 
257). We have specimens from Nepal, taken by Gen. G. Ramsay. Mr. H. J. Elwes 
records it as “ common in Sikkim at low elevations, and occurs up to 7,000 feet 
between April and October. It is a very strong flyer, and only caught when settled 
on wet places in the sun” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 434). Mr. L. de Niceville also says 
it is “ common in Sikkim throughout the warm months, from 1,000 to 7,000 feet 
elevation ” (Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 174). Col. C. Swinhoe records it from the Khasia 
Hills (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 314). Col. C. H. E. Adamson says it is found “ through¬ 
out Burma; males being very common, the female very rare” (List, 1897, 49). 
Lieut. E. Y. Watson took it at “ Beeling, Upper Tenasserim; and at Choungkwa, 
Chin Lushai Hills, in May. It was also common at the foot of the Chin Hills from 
March to May ” (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1888, p. 26; id 1891, 54; id. 1897, 672). 
Signor L. Fea took it in the Kharen Hills. Dr. N. Manders found it “abundant in 
the Shan States; commonest at elevations of 3,000 feet” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, 536). 
Mr. H. Grose-Smith has examples from the Andamans. 
DALCHINA TEREDON (Plate 472, fig. 1, larva and pupa, la, b, e, $ £). 
Papilio Teredon, Felder, Verh. Z. B. Ges. Wien. 1864, p. 305 ; id. Reise Novara Lep. i. p. 61 (1865). 
Davidson and Aitken, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 1896, p. 578. 
Dalchina Teredon, Moore. Lep. of Ceylon, i. p. 143, pi. 62, fig. 1, la, g $ ; lb, larva wadpupa (1881). 
