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LEPID OPT ERA INDICA. 
uncommonly long band, and from its green colour would seem to be normally 
formed on the plant and not under stones 57 (J. Bombay 1ST. H. S. 1896, 579). We 
possess a coloured drawing of a specimen taken by the late Sir Walter Elliot at 
ISTullacherla, between Bajamundry and Ellore, Madras. Mr. H. S. Eerguson records 
it as rare in Travancore ; two specimens only being taken, in open forest, at the 
foot of the Ashambu Hills in August, and some were taken by Mr. Garrett near 
Ariankarvu” (J. Bombay, N. H. S. 1891, 818). Mr. W. C. Taylor says it is “not 
common at Khorda, in Orissa” (List, p. 16). Col. 0. Svvinhoe has received it “in 
great numbers, from the Khasia Hills” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 313). Dr. G. Watt 
obtained it near Manipur (Ann. N. H. 1885, 342). Mr. J. Wood-Mason obtained 
“nine males and one female at Silcuri, Cachar, from March 19th to July 29th (J. 
As. Soc. Beng. 1886, 376). Mr. H. J. Elwes records it as “ common in the lower 
valleys of Sikkim, up to 3,000 feet, from April to October” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 
433). Capt. E. Y. Watson found it “ not uncommon at the foot of the N. Chin 
Hills, Burma, from March to May” (J. Bombay H. H. S. 1897, 672). Col. C. H. E. 
Adamson obtained it at “ Moulmein; taken in company with P. Nomius, but it is 
much less common” (List, 1897, 48). Capt. Watson also says it is “common at 
Beeling, N. of Moulmein ” (J. Bomb. N. H. S. 1888, 26). Air. H. J. Elwes records 
“ many males from Ponsekai and the Hills on the Siamese frontier” (J. As. Soc. 
Beng. 1886, 437). Dr. J. Anderson took it in “ Mergui, Tenasserim, in December 
and March ” (J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1886, 50). 
Dr. N. Manders writes that “ it is common, in N.E. Sumatra, over the whole of 
our area, in and near forest, throughout the year, but most abundant in March. 
The males come in crowds to wet spots on roads, and settle among a number of 
Pierinao, where they evidently feel protected, as they also have white wings. When 
on the wing they look like a “White,” as their long tails, when flying rapidly, can 
hardly be seen. The females are only caught in the forest, as they do not come to 
roads ” (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1895, 524). 
Of our illustrations on Plate 474, fig. 1, larva and pupa, is copied from Messrs. 
Davidson and Aitken’s S. Indian drawing, and fig. la from Dr. Piepers’ Java larva,; 
fig. lb, d from a Sikkim male, lc from a Ceylon male, and le from a Sikkim female. 
PATHYSA NAIRA (Plate 475, fig. 1, la, <?). 
Imago. —Male. Smaller than P. Epaminondas . Upperside. Forewing with 
similar-positioned black bands, the two subbasal being much narrower, and the 
second one not quite reaching the submedian veinlet; the other bands also com¬ 
paratively narrower, the submarginal and marginal being coalescent from the third 
median, their anterior pale olivescent interspace composed of less quadrate-shaped 
