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position that it can easily return to it when, like Mrs. Gamp, "so 

 dispoged." In a few species, however, this roving tendency seeuis 

 to be the result of a constitutional impatience of restraint, such as 

 gipsies and Highlanders are said to feel under the artificial condi- 

 tions of life in civilized cities. Such caterpillars we never succeeded 

 in rearing. They were principally of two sorts, a small black hairy 

 one found in great numbers on pipal trees during July and August, 

 and a larger lighter-coloured one, also hairy, found in equal numbers 

 about the same time on the mango trees at the foot of Chinchpoogly 

 Hill in and around the Sewri Cemetery. Though plentifully sup- 

 plied with their proper food, they refused all sustenance and 

 wandering about the floor, walls, and roof of their prison, died at 

 last of broken hearts — or empty stomachs. Generally speaking, 

 however, caterpillars do not seem to suffer from nostalgia, but 

 accommodate themselves to their altered circumstances, provided 

 they are properly fed and not injudiciously handled. 



Now for our results. Of the twenty-seven cases here noted, sixteen 

 resulted in butterflies, and eleven iu moths. Of the sixteen butterflies 

 ten belonged to the sub-family Papilionince, and six to Danaince. 



Of the Papilionince, six were Papilio agamemnon, a handsome 

 green and black butterfly, common in Bombay, but a good specimen 

 of which it is hard to catch, owing to its quick high flight and rest- 

 less habits ; three were Papilio pammon, also a common butterfly in 

 Bombay, the males of which, also restless and quick fliers, are black 

 with a row of cream-coloured spots round the posterior margin of the 

 hind wings, which are also shortly " swallow-tailed, ''and the females 

 of which are commonly black and red, in imitation of two other 

 species, Diphilm and Rector as described in a paper on il Mimicry'' 

 at page 228 of the 4th volume of this Journal; one was Papilio 

 panope, a rare butterfly in Bombay, of which there is only one 

 specimen in the Society's collection. It is dark-brown, with a double 

 row of cream-coloured arrow-head shaped marks round the margins 

 of both wings, and an orange spot on the bottom of the hind wing. 

 Of the Danaince, four were Euplcva core, one of the commonest 

 butterflies in Bombay, moderately large, but a weak flier, of a 

 purplish-brown colour, with a double row of white spots round the 

 edges of the wings; two were Vanais chrysippus, also one of the com- 

 monest butterflies in Bombay, and a weak flier of moderately large 

 size, in colour bright terra-cotta, the forewings tipped with black 

 and white, and the hindwings bordered with a narrow black band. 



