320 Drs. Dixey and Longstaff’s Observations 
One Papilio dardanus, Brown, was taken at Sydenham, 
but P. demodocus, Esp., was common; it flew fast but gen- 
erally not very high, twice at least it was observed to flutter 
its wings when feeding, as its congener P. erithonius, Cram., 
[ = demoleus, Linn,| has been observed to do in India. A 
specimen taken in Sydenham village was very small. 
A considerable variety of Lycznids was taken, though 
they cannot be said to have been abundant: Yonah 
antalus, Hopff., a male; Hypolycena philippus, Fabr., 
female ; Axiocerces harpax, Fabr., a male settled on a rose- 
bush in the Cemetery; Zycena betica, Linn., one; Zizera 
lucida, Trim., two females; Z. lysimon, Hiibn., one on the 
way; Lachnocnema bibulus, Fabr., four, in the Cemetery, 
this species sits with the abdomen turned up at an angle 
of 45° (like Huchloé); Catochrysops malathana, Boisd. 
(= asopus, Hopff.); while on the slopes of the spruit 
before mentioned was taken a single example of Alena 
amazoula, Boisd.,a female; this last was very cryptic when 
among the grass where it was found. In general appear- 
ance it so closely resembles a tiny Acrva that at first it 
was placed next to that genus. 
The Skippers again were varied rather than numerous, 
single specimens being taken of each of the following :— 
Sarangesa motozioides, Holland, almost invisible as it sat 
on a rock in the spruit with its wings spread out flat ; 
Netrobalane canopus, Trim., resting with expanded wings 
on the upper side of a Solanum leaf; Laoris fatuellus, 
Hopff.; Gomalia albofasciata, Moore; the large species 
Rhopalocampta pisistratus, Fabr., and RL. forestan, Cram. ; 
lastly Caprona adelica, Kirsch, a prettily marbled butterfly 
with a scaleless patch on the fore-wing, of which there are 
but two specimens in the British Museum. 
The Syntomids Pseudonaclia puella, Boisd.; Syntomis 
simplex, Walk., two, a metallic-blue thing easily caught ; 
and Euchromia JSormosa, Guér., were taken flying, the latter 
near the spruit. <A crippled specimen of the singular 
Geometer, Cenina pecilaria, H.-S., was taken in the 
Cemetery, a better one missed in the spruit, both among 
long grass. 
The following Hymenoptera were taken: Xylocopa divisa, 
Klug, a male; a grey wasp, Jcaria cincta, Lepel., 9; the 
ant Camponotus maculatus, Fabr., eight specimens under a 
stone; and an undetermined Ichneumon. 
The great order Coleoptera was very poorly represented 
