100 Dr. G. B. Longstaff's Notes on the Butterflies 



above the anal angle, the injuries on both sides corre- 

 sponding closely. 



It was dark when I reached Sukna station, 500 feet 

 above sea-level, and fireflies, Luciola sp., were flitting about 

 on all sides. A " flare " lighted just before the arrival of 

 the train attracted many moths, of which I secured a 

 large sharp- winged transparent Pyrale, Cydalima conchyla- 

 lis, Guen.; and the Noctua, Prodenia littoralis, Bdv. In the 

 train, immediately after starting I bottled a strange-looking 

 g winged ant, Dorylus juvcncuhts, Shuck. 



Thus closed my short Darjiling campaign, and leaving 

 behind with much regret the awe-inspiring Himalaya, we 

 steamed away into the darkness over the monotonous 

 plain of Bengal. 



Bankdpur, lat. 25° 30' N., alt. c. 250 ft, 

 December 22nd, 1903— January 3rd, 1904. 



In absolute contrast to Darjiling, Bankapur, the civil 

 station of the great city of Patna, is situated on the level, 

 monotonous, and highly-cultivated plain of the Ganges, 

 affording little harbour for butterflies, so that a fortnight's 

 stay with old friends at the hospitable parsonage yielded 

 small entomological results. 



In spite of these unpromising surroundings, Limnas 

 chrysippus was common, and in company with it Hypolim- 

 nas misippus, of which I saw several males and secured one 

 female, which latter so closely mimics the former species 

 that even the small white spots on the thorax and head 

 are reproduced ! 



Of Tirumcda limniace I saw a solitary example, of 

 Crastia core, two ; but the other very common Danaid, 

 Limnas genutia, was abundant in a mango orchard, and 

 distinctly gregarious in its habits. It has rather an 

 unpleasant scent, but whether or no it is confined to one 

 sex I regret that I failed to notice. 



The Satyrids were represented by a solitary Mycalesis 

 perseics; the Swallow-tails by Papilio pammon, worn, 

 P. aristolochise, and P. erithonius, the last a flower-loving 

 species. Precis was represented by four species : almana, 

 one of them with large pieces, in part corresponding, bitten 

 out of each hind-wing ; tcnonc, one ; lemonias, several ; and 

 orithyia, several, the latter all small. Single specimens of 

 the common and generally distributed Atella phalanta and 



