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calais, Or., was abundant alike in the Kudsia Gardens and 

 close to the hotel, flying near the ground yet not so 

 easy to catch. One of them was very small. Of T. 

 pucllaris I only saw two. The " wet season " form of 

 Tcrias hecabe was abundant, flying low and about bushes. 



Of the brilliant yellow and orange Ixias pyrene, L., I 

 took but one ; the less gaudy Orange-tip, I. marianne, was 

 rather common, but some of them were worn and none very 

 easy to catch. The genus Catopsilia was represented by 

 one worn male pyranthc, and I took my first Delias eucharis, 

 Dru., a very worn female. The common Whites were 

 Hwphina nerissa, all males, and Belenois mesentina, which 

 was abundant at flowers. The slender little Nychitona 

 xiphia, Fab., flitted weakly along close to the ground, 

 reminding me irresistibly of Lencophasia sinapis, L., in 

 spite of all structural differences. One of these ghostly 

 creatures was taken flying over a tablet that marked 

 the site of " Battery No. IV. Left attack ; mortars." 

 One wondered whether there were any butterflies in that 

 place during the terrible summer of 1857. 



Three or four Precis lemonias, L., appeared to be rather 

 fond of shade, they settled upon the ground in preference 

 to flowers and then were hard to see. Of the gorgeous 

 Hypolimnas bolina I saw one of each sex ; it needed an 

 effort to believe that they were one species. 



The Blues included Catochrysops cnejus, Fab. ; Tarucus 

 theophrastus, Fab. ; Chilades varunana, Moore ; and Chilades 

 lakes, Cr., this last was common. The only Skipper taken 

 was Telicota angias, L. 



A little geometer, like a Macaria, was common among 

 herbage, Semiothisa fidoniata, Guen., and one specimen of 

 Tcphrinia disputaria, Guen., was taken in like situation. 

 Semiothisa fidoniata also came to light, along with 

 Oligochroa akbarella, B,ag. Can M. Ragonot have intended 

 a deliberate insult to the memory of the great Emperor 

 when he named this dingy and insignificant little Phycid 

 after him ? 



Other moths taken in the Kudsia Gardens were the 

 tiny Noctuids Metachrostis badia, Swinhoe, and Earias 

 tristrigosa, Butl., which was common among bushes near 

 a back-water of the Jumna. 



In the verandah of the hotel I took a fine Sphinx orien- 

 talis, Butl., the eastern form of convolvuli, L. ; it had 

 probably been attracted by the lights the night before. 



