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Ergolis merione were seen in gardens. A fine Limenitis 

 procris was taken sipping " toddy " from a palm ; I missed 

 him at the first shot, but he foolishly returned to his fatal 

 liquor. 



Of Catopsilia pyranthe I took two males and a female. 

 I held one of the former fluttering beneath my nostrils, 

 when it gave out a strong scent that instantly brought 

 greenhouses to my mind, then my own greenhouse, then 

 Polianthes tuberosa (barbarously termed by nurserymen 

 " tuberose "), and lastly jasmine. I do not think that I 

 ever smelt so distinct a scent in a butterfly, always except- 

 ing the male of Ganoris napi. The other male pyranthe I 

 held under my nose while I stroked the " feather-tufts " of 

 the hind-wing ; this at once elicited the odour of jasmine, 

 further confirming the observation of Wood-Mason. 



Two males of Huphina nerissa bear the following notes : 

 " Scented, not like napi, more like rapse" and " this 

 specimen had a scent like P. rapaz, i. e., of the sweet-briar 

 type." Again a female of Delias eucharis (which was 

 common) bears the note, " has a scent much like rapaz," 

 and the specimen appears to have been wilfully rubbed. 

 My observations on butterflies in England show that in 

 some cases females have a scent, but not like, or as strong 

 as the males. My strong impression is that the male of 

 D. eucharis has the rapaz, or sweet-briar scent. 



The three species of Terias, viz. heeabe, libythea, and 

 lazta, were all common ; one of the lazta appears to have 

 been bitten by a bird. 



Nychitona xiphia was not uncommon, and several Txias 

 marianne were seen. Chilades varunana, Moore (according 

 to De Niceville the wet-season form of C. laius, Cr.), was 

 common about irrigated flower-beds, indeed Blues are 

 wonderfully fond of water. The only butterfly seen at 

 Bankapiir that was at all out of the common, besides 

 Limenitis procris, was the large grey Lyca3nid Virachola 

 isocrates, Fab., of which I took one at flowers in the 

 Commissioner's garden. I noted that its hind-wings were 

 much folded posterior to the tails, the convexities of the 

 folds being towards the upper-surface. These foldings of 

 the wings are not well seen in set specimens. 



Although Bankapiir is far from being a good locality, it 

 will give some idea of the abundance of butterflies in India 

 when I say that in mid-winter, December 24th, I took in 

 a suburban garden within three-quarters of an hour no less 



