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Aviii*^. Incidentally, Da )U( c's genntia was also common, thoui^'h local. Two 

 more species of Jtinonla were to be seen here, the conspicuous /. Jiierfri 

 (resem])liug /. orithya, but havinij large yellow blotches on the wing 

 instead of blue), and /. almana, a ied-l)rown insect with conspicuous 

 eye-s})ots, and easily mistaken for an Argynvis when flying rapidly — 

 which last- mentioned genus was also represented by one or more 

 forms. Among the low vegetation, a pretty little "Ringlet," Yjjhthima 

 hiihneri was almost as a.V)undant as the ubiquitous Terias Jiecahe. 



It is needless to catalogue everything seen, but no account 

 would be complete without mention of a group of species which the 

 British Lepidopterist with a weakness for ])opular names would term 

 " White Admirals: " Nepfis eurynome and Syinhrenthia lucina were 

 perhaps the most representative forms. Finally, there is always a 

 miscellany of Lycaenids, Polyommatns, Hesperiids, etc., some very like 

 those familiar in England, and others strange to me. 



The Heterocera were not much in evidence, except for the day- 

 flying JJtethei>a crihraria, similar to E. pulchella in a general way, but 

 having the fore-wings in the (^ ochreous-yellow, and in the ? pink, 

 sprinkled with black dots ; the larva of this species was common on 

 the Leguminous Crotalaria serlcea. There were one or two active 

 Arctiids about, and it was pleasant to pick u]^ so familiar a form as 

 Acheronfia (A. -^tyj) in the road one day; another "old friend" was 

 the larva of a Stcvurop'us (S. aUervini) feeding on Cajamis indicAis. 



" Dhal," Cajanns indicus, is one of the commonest field crops in 

 these parts, ])eing an erect, leguminous herb, reaching some 8 feet in 

 height, and bearing yellow flowers like those of Lotus. There were 

 considei'able areas under this crop along my path, and I collected a 

 good many species hei-e. A large Mylahris, probably M. inacilenta 

 Mars., was very common, and a series showing a wide variation in the 

 black bands could be collected ; butVtoth Cnja>i'iti<, and a low Indigofera 

 (I. hirsuta), growing beneath and among it, yielded nothing to hard 

 work with the sweeping net. It is curious that in England, a good 

 growth of any leguminous plant is sure to produce a peculiar species of 

 Apion or other Curculionids, but of these I could find no representative 

 here. Authophilous Hymenoptera were concentrated in these fields as 

 one would expect. The local honey-bee, Apis dorsata, was abundant, but 

 the majority of the bees were larger black species, chiefly Xyiocopa 

 fenesfrata and Megarhile anthrariua, with a few Megachile disjuncta 

 (black, with basal abdominal segments clothed with white pubescence), 

 Osmia, sp., etc. Other forms especially noted were Scolia carhonarla, 



