Observed in a tour through India and Ceylon. 103 



Jhdnsi, lat. 25° 30' N., alt. c. 750 ft. 

 January 5th— 13th, also 21st, 1904. 



Situated on a sandy plain, broken by precipitous ridges 

 of igneous rock, Jhansi, something like 750 ft. above the 

 sea, is characterized by dryness, heat, and sparsity of cover. 



A couple oUPapllio aristolochite taken at flowers near 

 the lake were the sole representatives of their family. 



Several Belenois mcsentina were taken, but it was scarcely 

 common ; the male had a distinct but faint, sweet scent; 

 on the ridge of Retribution Hill (where Sir Hugh Rose in 

 1858 slew 2000 mutineers), I took a female B. mcsentina 

 in which the hind-margins of the secondaries had been 

 symmetrically broken off", probably by the bite of a lizard. 

 Of three specimens of Tcrias hecabe, one, a small female, 

 was of the variety without the " dog's head " notch. Of 

 T. lihythca a single specimen was taken, but T. hvta was 

 common and of gregarious habits. Teracolus etrida was 

 locally rather common, especially the female. On the other 

 hand, the male of Ixias marianne was rather common. 



Two Atclla phalarita were taken ; the only Precis noted 

 was orithyia, and that very dwarfed, one measuring only 

 14 inches across the wings. 



Telchinia violse was abundant at the foot of Retribution 

 Hill, and scattered specimens occurred elsewhere. This 

 insect, like the Danaids, has a tough skin which enables it 

 to resist pinching, and doubtless makes it indigestible. 

 When injured a yellow juice exudes; a minute drop of 

 this placed on the tongue tasted somewhat bitter and 

 disagreeable, but the flavour was by no means strong. 



The Jhansi Lycsenids were fairly numerous, but not 

 very brilliant, the most striking was Ghilades putli, Koll., 

 actually smaller and darker than our alsus ; other species 

 were Chilades laius, Cr., which appears to have been 

 common, but of which I unfortunately took but one 

 specimen, and Catochrysops contrada, Butl., of which I took 

 two ; Tarucus theophrastus, Fab., of which the two sexes 

 are, on the upper surface at least, very different, was 

 common, but of T. telicanus, Lang, I only secured one of 

 each sex, though noting it as common. Blues are very 

 abundant in India, but they are very much alike, so that 

 being ignorant of the distinctions between allied species, 

 one was but too apt to neglect them while in the eager 



