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folia, and Zizyphus jujnha, but the sweeping net yielded next to 

 nothing beyond the black and yellow Ti/locervs himacuJatus Hope, 

 strongly reminiscent of the autumnal Rhaii >nyrka fidva at home, and 

 abundant on the flowers of the last mentioned plant. The most inter- 

 esting find here, however, was q, very active metallic green Cicindelid, 

 Collyris sp., whose larva lives in the hollowed twigs of the Vitex, etc. 



There was abundant life, however, still mostly Lepidopterous, in 

 the form of Terias hecahe, ad lib., Junonia lemonias (suggestive of 

 Pararge megaera) ; J. orlfhya, with a large patch of blue scales and red 

 eye-spots on the hind wing ; and J. i'phita, swift in flight, but dull in 

 appearance for a genus typically brightly coloured ; and Va,nessa was 

 abundantly represented by V. cardui, as well as by forms very similar 

 to the British V. urticae (as V. cashmirensis) and V. atalanta (as V. 

 indica). Dragon-flies are fairly common, as also ai'e Asilid flies, 

 whilst the commonest Hymeuopteron is the yellow Polistes hehraeus, 

 which is always to be seen in the bungalows. 



Further on along another short stretch of road is a hedge of Duranta 

 (Verbenaceae, pale blue flowers and conspicuous orange berries), which 

 was always attractive to butterflies, especially Pierines ; Pieris mesen- 

 tina, P. canidia, and the fine Delias eurharis were here the most regu- 

 lar species. Reaching fields again, the collecting becomes more varied 

 and productive, as this time we are on unirrigated land carrying a 

 variety of crops, partly cei*eal and partly pulse, in small plots separa- 

 ted by low earth banks, on which is a fine growth of wild plants, and 

 occasionally a rough hedge. Almost the first thing that catches the eye 

 is the abundance of dragon-flies hovering in the air about six feet above 

 the ground, usually all facing the same direction, and at intervals swoop- 

 ing down on some victim. If one walks through the vegetation, numerous 

 Myrmeleonids, chiefly Macroneimiinis spp., I think, take to wing; and, 

 less often, the fine big Palpares pardns with its black spotted wings. 

 One day some 50 lai'vae of one of these forms came up in the sweeping 

 net. 



Besides the above-mentioned butterflies, numerous others were to 

 be found here. The most interesting to the novice were beyond doubt 

 the two species of Hypolimnas — holina and misippus. Both were 

 common, together with the butterflies mimicked by the ? ? , i.e., 

 Euploea core and Danais chrysippms respectively, and it is not always 

 easy to detect one from the other on the wing. The male Hypolimnas, 

 very similar in both species, are black with a roughly circular patch of 

 blue scales on the fore-wing — handsome butterflies, very active on the 



