MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 357 



(38) KalUma horsjieldii (Kollar). — Towards the end of April I saw an unmis- 

 takeable specimen of this close to the convent at Bandra. It was quite common 

 at Matheran during the same month. 



(43) Sjmlgis epius (Westwood). — Our note made no reference to this on the 

 hills. I took it at Khandalla in February. 



(49) Lyc&nesthes lyctrnina (Felder). — I took this species at Pali Hill on 1st 

 February and also at Matheran in April, where it was by no means uncommon. 



(50) Talicada nyseus (Guerin). — Although this may be expected anywhere 

 where its food plant (Bryophyllum cahjcinum) occurs, it may be worth recording 

 that I found it both at Khandalla in February and at Matheran in April. At 

 the latter it was numerous about patches of the food plant by Charlotte Lake 

 and in the compound of Elphinstone Lodge. 



(51) Jamides bochus (Cramer). — Our note made no mention of this being 

 found on the hills, and it was included in none of the lists we had access to of 

 Matheran butterflies. I found it quite common there in April. 



(New) Nacaduba sp. ?. — I took a small dark species both at Pah Hill in 

 February and a number at Matheran in May, but am unable to assign them to 

 any species for certain. There appears to be much confusion as to what are 

 good species in this genus, and my specimens may be referred to some form of 

 either — N. ardates (Moore)= noreia (Felder) or to N. atrata (Horsfield). 



(New) Arhopala centaurus (Fabr). — At Matheran both this and A. amantes 

 were by no means uncommon in April. 



(New) Rapala orseis (Hewitson). — My specimens collected at Matheran 

 include unquestionable male and female of this species. 



(83) Terias Mbythea (Fabr). — This species was not uncommon at Khandalla 

 in February. 



(102) Papilio nomim (Esper). — During visits to Vehar Lake in Salsette in 

 March and April, Mr. E. H. Aitken repeatedly observed specimens of this, 

 and I watched one that was settled on a bush within two yards of me for some 

 minutes during the last week in June at Pali Hill, so it is evidently not so rare 

 as we believed. 



(110) Sarangesa purendra (Moore), — Mr. E. H. Aitken found this species by no 

 means uncommon at Vehar in March, and I took several at Matheran in April. 



(111) Sarangesa dasaliara (Moore). — I also took several specimens of this 



species at Matheran. 



E. COMBER. 

 Bombay, July, 1903. 



No. XIII.— THE GOLDEN CAT (FELIS TEMMJNCKI), 



In regard to the habits of this cat, the skin and skull of which I sent to the 



Society's museum recently, the Lushais, who recognize it as a distinct species 



and call it Kei-shen (Red-cat), say it lies up in rocks and does not climb trees. 



It lives on kids, fowls, and small wild animals. The specimen I sent to the 



Society's museum was killed in a nullah, 6 miles from Aijal, at an elevation of 



about 1,000 feet. 



L. O. CLARKE, I.C.S. 



Aijal, Lushai Hills, Assam, June, 1903. 



