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I have been unable to name numerous specimens of Papilionidce and Hesperidce. 

 Two large green Papilios occur and a large black one. P. Machaon is common in the 

 hills and rare at Pindi, where P. ErytJionius flies sparingly. Terias Hecahe is not 

 uncommon. Pieris brassicce, rapce, and napi, or species very much resembling 

 them, are plentiful everywhere. P. Daplidice is much more rare ; I took one worn 

 specimen at Pindi in April, and one at Kalabagh in June. 



*Colias Fieldi, Men. — Swarms everywhere, both in Pindi and the hills ; the 

 spring brood at Pindi is smaller than the autumn one, which is very much more 

 plentiful in individuals. The form Helice also occurs. It is abundant also at 

 Abbottabad. *C. Hyale^ L. — Much less abundant than the former, but in the 

 same localities. There are two forms of the male : one, perhaps, less plentiful than 

 the other, has the black marginal band as in Edusa, the other is the form found in 

 England. Grradations between the two occur. The female is much rarer than the 

 male. 



*Gonepteryx rlianini, L. — This is a very common insect, especially before and 

 after the rains. A form occurs which has the primaries coloured as in the male, and 

 the secondaries like the female. It is pi'obably a gynandromorph, though not having 

 a specimen, I am unable to decide. I have only seen two ; one was flying over a 

 precipice down which no mortal would venture, the other afforded a long and exciting 

 chase, which finally concluded by the gynandromorph flying in desperation into the 

 middle of a thick bush, and the andromorph disappearing down a steep bank into a 

 still thicker one. There is an excitement about collecting in these hills which is 

 entirely wanting in the plains. 



Since writing the above I have taken Euploea Core, Cram., at Pindi. 



Kawal Pindi : 



December \st, 1891. 



Capture of Notodonta hicolora in Devonshire. — I have been fortunate enough 

 within the last few days to have given me a specimen of N. bicolora by a collector 

 in this neighbourhood, who took it in some woods near Exeter in 1880. He has no 

 longer time to devote to his favourite pursuit, and was afraid that the specimen 

 would be lost sight of. He told me that he, with his brother, worked the woods 

 near Exeter frequently, both with sugar and light, about that time, and that the 

 moth in question was taken by himself, but supposed to be N. cucullina, and that 

 he reported the capture at the Exeter Museum, but under the latter name. He is 

 a most respectable man, and I have no doubt of the correctness of his statement. 

 The whole of his collection is set in the same manner with the same kind of pins ; 

 he never had any insects given him, nor did he ever exchange. As for dealers, he 

 was perfectly ignorant of their existence. I have sent the specimen for exhibition 

 at the Meeting of the Entomological Society. — J. N. Still, Seaton : April Gth, 1892. 



[Major Still has submitted the specimen to me for confirmation. It is un- 

 doubtedly N. bicolora in very fair condition, and, in my opinion, genuinely British. 

 It is highly satisfactory to hear of a new locality for an insect so exceedingly rare 

 with us, and especially as Devonshire might seem to be fully within the probable 

 range of the species. — C. Q-. B.]. 



