Observed in a tour through India and Ceylon. 99 



I left Darjiling on December 22nd, with much regret, 

 and a strong desire to return at a better time of the year. 

 On the way down, at about 4000 feet, Ixias pyrene was 

 common, while close to Tindaria station, at about 2900 

 feet, I netted from the train a pale Blue with a whitish 

 patch on each wing, Cyaniris dilectus, Moore, as well as 

 another Blue, Cyaniris ladon, Cr., form pseudargiolus, 

 Boisd., and an Acidaliid, Idssa remotata, Guen. 



At Tindaria I left the train and walked down to Sukna. 

 The following things were met with : (1) At altitudes of 

 from 2800 feet to 2000 feet :— 



The Erycinid, Zemcros Jlcgyas, Cram., almost abundant, 

 but rather worn ; Mycalesis indistans, Moore; Precis lemonias, 

 a small specimen in fine condition, also large ones worn 

 [this and P. iphita were the only species of the genus met 

 with in the Darjiling district] ; single examples of Neptis 

 aceris, jV. astola and N. varmona ; Symlirenthia hyppoclus, 

 common; Ijampidcs ccleno, Cr., form aleris, Stoll., also 

 common ; Ganoris canidia, a female ; Hnphina nadina, a 

 male, about 3000 feet ; H. nerissa, a male, about 2500 feet ; 

 Tachyris hippo, a very fine female ; Terias hecabe, abund- 

 ant, two males, one of them dwarfed, were of the variety 

 without the "dog's head." 



(2) At altitudes of 2000 feet to 1500 feet :— Here I 

 took Catopsilia pyranthe, a male ; Yphthima marshalli, two ; 

 Huphina nerissa, worn males were common ; Precis lemonias, 

 several ; Terias libythea, common ; and the Blue, Zizera 

 otis, Fab. 



At about 3.30 p.m., I watched a fine specimen of Papilio 

 aristolochise, flying very slowly about herbage, apparently 

 seeking for a resting-place for the night, just as I had seen 

 P. pammon doing at Khairna on November 18th ; near 

 the same place I missed two specimens of a black-and- 

 white Danaid. 



(3) A little way above Sukna, perhaps at about 700 feet 

 above sea-level Orsotriana [Mycalesis'] runeka, Moore, was 

 in the greatest abundance in a deeply-shaded wood ; this, a 

 typical shade-lover, is sluggish but is on the move later 

 than most things (for it was just before sundown), but 

 when kicked up from ferns or other low herbage it did not 

 rly more than two or three yards. It varies greatly in the 

 pale streak on the uncler-side which may be white and very 

 conspicuous or almost obsolete. One specimen exhibits a 

 well-marked bite on the hind margin of both hind-winos 



