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misgivings as to season, but still full of wild hopes. The 

 ascent by the cog-wheel railway took us through a most 

 interesting forest, where amongst other things we saw our 

 first tree-ferns. Near Tindaria, at about 3000 feet, I saw 

 several Ixias pyrene and succeeded in catching one from the 

 train while it was going at full speed — about seven miles 

 an hour ! This was a male of the large form cvipjie, Drury. 



Before reaching Kurseong, nearly 5000 feet, where I 

 had arranged to sleep with a view to getting a little 

 collecting, we got into the clouds, and at our destination it 

 was very cold, with an atmosphere only too like that of 

 the West of Scotland. During a gleam of sunshine I took 

 a Vanessa kashmirensis, a poor dull thing compared to 

 our urtiae. At night two moths, an Acidaliid, Synegiodes 

 hyriaria, Walk., and Caradrina albosignata, Oberth. 

 (thought by Sir G. Hampson to be probably identical 

 with lineosa, Moore), came to light. 



The following morning was brighter and we started 

 early to walk up to the next station, Toong, but though 

 the weather was more benignant, the railway ran through 

 a district devoted to tea-growing which did not promise 

 well. A few Vanessa kashmirensis, a Pyramcis indica and 

 a P. cardui flew along the road, the latter with both apices 

 of the fore-wings and one hind-wing near the anal angle 

 apparently bitten. Near Toong station, 5500 feet, in a 

 sheltered and flowery spot I took single specimens of the 

 Hairstreaks Ilerda epicles, Godart, a female, and Camena 

 eleobis, Godart ; the latter on the upper surface like T. 

 quercus, but bluer, on the under-side almost white with a 

 practically black spot on the anal lobe. Here also I took 

 a male Hiposcritia lalage, Dbl., and a native caught in his 

 fingers a Dodona cugenes, Bates (an Erycinid), and the same 

 man brought me a fine Saturnid moth, Bhodia newarra, 

 Moore, 6i inches in expanse, apparently recently dead. 



As the train rounded the last corner we came in full 

 view of the Kangchinjunga range, rising majestically full 

 four miles above us. No words can describe the grandeur 

 of the scene and we were fortunate indeed in having it 

 clear throughout our stay. Yet, entomologically speaking, 

 it was the saddest of disappointments, for it was as cold as 

 England in November and the local entomologists — Messrs. 

 Mbller and Lindgren — assured me that Kallima was 

 hopelessly over, as indeed were most things. They, and 

 every one we met, spoke of the astonishing multitudes of 



