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abundant, and it may not be out of place to describe it here, 

 with a hope that some of your readers may discover its 

 locahties in England. 



Description of the Larva of D. Pulchella. — Bluish white; 

 between each segment is an orange-coloured band ; on the 

 sides of each segment two black warts, each emittiug a single 

 black hair; subdorsal lines black, with minute white dots; 

 spiracles black. It is extremely local. I found it in batches 

 along the banks of the Irrawaddy, feeding upon a small plant 

 much like " forget-me-not." It spins a loose cocoon between 

 leaves, and emerges in fifteen to twenty days. 



There were not many butterflies on the wing, excepting 

 a few Pieris, P. Sarpedon, D. Archippus, D. Chrysippus, and 

 those mentioned for April. Beating brought to light some 

 beautiful moths : a species resembling H. crassalis was very 

 common, and also a very large Tryphsena, like Fimbria, but 

 twice its size. The month of June, however, was the 

 month for this family. I commenced to sugar on the 15th, 

 and it would be useless to attempt to describe what I caught; 

 my captures usually were about fifty to sixty specimens 

 nightly. Both the species spoken of as occurring at Wel- 

 lington, and resembling Mania Maura and Saturnia Carpini, 

 I first caught here ; they were abundant, the latter so much 

 so that I desisted catching them after the first two nights. I 

 noticed, too, that a butterfly, evidently a Hipparchia, came 

 very commonly to sugar. I presume they were at rest in the 

 foliage, and were attracted, as their unfortunate brethren, by 

 the irresistible odour of the sugar. On the 16lh of the month 

 D. Celerio, too, came, and was duly boxed. For the informa- 

 tion of entomologists who should ever find themselves in this 

 country and disposed to collect, they will find that loggery, 

 simmered in a little malt-liquor and the common Colombo 

 arrack added, is far more attractive than the most expensive 

 mixtures : I have tried all kinds, and find this the best by far. 

 July and August both slipped by without my being able to 

 get out, owing to a press of work. At rest I procured a ie\y 

 Sphingidae : — A. Atropos, S. Convolvuli, and S. Dumelinus; 

 also a very pretty Trochilium with feathered legs. In the 

 regimental gardens I procured L. Sinapis, a few Lycaenae, and 

 larvae of Ornithopteia Amphrisius. 



In September the head- quarters of the regiment were 



