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in November. Col. Yerbury records it as common in May, June, and July, and again 
in October and November, a few being seen also in December. The spring brood is 
much the darkest. The caterpillar feeds on Gapparis (? C. horrida) 55 (P. Z. S. 1886, 
375). Mr. P. W. Mackinnon found it “ rare in Masuri in May ; taken on the Nag 
Tiba at 10,000 feet elevation in November. It is very common throughout the 
warmer months and the autumn in Dehra Dun ” (J. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1898, 590). 
Mr. W. Doherty took it at “ Ranebagh, 1,000 feet altitude, in Kumaon 55 (J. As. 
Soc. Beng. 1886, 135). Capt. A. M. Lang obtained it at “ Wangtoo, N. W. 
Himalaya, on the road to the Chinese frontier village of Shipkee ” (MS. Notes). 
Capt. Lang also records it from “ Kasauli, 6,000 feet elevation, on the first 
plainwards range of the Himalayas ” (P. Z. S. 1865, 489), and in his MS. Notes 
says “ abundant in Oudli and atHmballa, in the Plains, the larva feeding on Gapparis 
sepiaria .” Capt. H. L. Chaumette took it at “ Lucknow in January, and reared it 
from the egg, the larva feeding on Capparis pycifolia ” (MS. Notes). Col. C. Swinhoe 
records “ the pale form, as appearing plentifully in Kurrachi, from February to May ” 
(P. Z. S. 1884, 511) ; also that it is “common at Mhow, in Central India, all the 
year round ” (P. Z. S. 1886, 430), and “common everywhere in Bombay and the 
Dekkan” (P. Z. S. 1885, 136). Messrs. Davidson and Aitken say “ this butterfly is 
not common in Kanara generally, but we have met with it at the northern end of the 
coast, on the borders of the Portuguese territory (in which it is plentiful), and also 
on one of those rocky islands not far from the shore. The larva feeds on the Caper 
( Gapparis divaricata ), and in the form of the larva and pupa shows a decided approxi¬ 
mation to those of Delias Eucharis. The larva is cylindrical and sparingly clothed 
with long white hairs springing from small tubercles, its colour is yellow-ochre and 
purplish-brown. The pupa is green and yellow. The larvas are gregarious 
throughout their existence, the eggs being laid in batches of from ten to forty ” 
(J. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1896, 575). Mr. G. F. Hampson obtained it in the Nilgiris, 
at “ 1,000 to 8,000 feet elevation; aurigena being the wet-season form, and Lordaca 
the dry-season form from dry localities and high elevations ” (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1888, 
363). Mr. H. S. Ferguson records it as “ not common in Travancore, from 2,000 
to 4,000 feet elevation ” (J. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1891,444). Capt. E. Y. Watson 
obtained it in “ Madras, from March to August. Very common (J. As. Soc. 
Bengal, 1890, 268), “ and obtained numerous specimens at Nittur, in Mysore ” 
(J. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1890, 8). Mr. W. S. Taylor found it “ common at Khorda, in 
Orissa, Lower Bengal” (List 15). Mr. L. de Niceville records it “common in the 
neighbourhood of Calcutta, the larva feeding on Gapparis IvOrrida ” (J. As. Soc. Beng. 
1885, 51). Mr. Id. J. Elwes writes, it is “ not common in the inner hills of Sikkim, 
but I have taken it in tea gardens about 3,000 feet, in July, and it occurs from April 
to October” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 417). Mr. G. C. Dudgeon obtained it in Bhotan. 
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