THE ENTOMOLOGIST. * 475 



these families, and therefore I did not recognize many 

 English species; but by my captures I know that the genus 

 Peronea is grandly represented here, several "buttons" 

 appearing in my store-boxes. 



During the month of August I collected a good deal on the 

 Ghauts, as insects were more common there than at the 

 higher elevations, probably owing to the heavy rains that set 

 in about this lime. My captures were something over a 

 hundred specimens of butterflies daily : amongst these were 

 nine different species of Papilio, almost all the species 

 occurring in May and June, besides a profusion of " un- 

 knowns." I should say that I met with at least twenty 

 different species of Pieris. Butterflies are so abundant here 

 this month that you only require to put your net over a small 

 pool of water and obtain forty or fifty specimens of the most 

 beautiful species. Acherontia Atropos was very common 

 during the month ; I found it at rest. Bryophila glandifera 

 was rather common on lichen-covered walls. Thera variata 

 occurred amongst the Eucalyptus foliage, and also Fidonia 

 atomaria; whilst on the trunks of the same tree I met with 

 Eulepia Cribrum commonly. 



The atlas-moth (Saturnia Atlas) together with the moon-moth 

 (Bombyx Luna) occur here during this month ; and another 

 beautiful Bombyx of a pale green colour, having two long 

 appendages to the hind wings. I have frequently bred all 

 these species, the larvae of which surpass any I ever saw for 

 brilliant colours. The beautiful Oruithoptera Amphrisius is 

 very common here on the Ghauts during this month ; its 

 larvae feed upon vine: they are black, with red warts, and 

 are most unseemly things to produce such magnificent 

 images, — rather a frequent occurrence in Entomology. Sep- 

 tember and October here are the best months of the year, as 

 almost all the species seemed to occur during these months; 

 and therefore it will be superfluous for me to enumerate 

 them, the only additions to the English species being 

 Macaria alternata and Boarmia crepuscularia. The season 

 changed greatly towards the latter end of October, and it 

 became foggy and cold. Rough, cold weather prevailed 

 throughout the whole of November, and some heavy rain- 

 falls occurred. In spite of the inclement weather I saw 

 batches of a Clisiocampa larva feeding upon Acacia; and 



