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



Limnas ehrysippus seemed to bear evidence of the prolonged 

 drought. The genus Papilio was represented by aristolo- 

 chise, and the Chrysid Stilbum splendidum, Fab., did its 

 best to gratify the Rajputs' love of brilliant colour. 



Ajmir, lat. 26° 30' N., alt. c. 1800 ft. 

 February 4th and 5th, 1904. 



The most notable capture here was Teracolus fausta, 

 Oliv., of which I only got one male, a poor specimen, 

 missing two others ; it has a very distinct orange look on 

 the wing, and I feel sure that I saw one on January 22nd 

 at Palipahari, the artillery camp near Jhansi. 



Of T. etrida I took two males, one of them had lost the 

 apex of the left fore-wing and all its hind-margin, as well 

 as the apex of the left hind-wing. This is notable as 

 possibly being an attack on a " direction mark." 



I saw several battered Precis oenonc. The smaller fry 

 were represented by a very neat little chequered Skipper, 

 Hesperia galba, Fab. The emerald-like Stilbum splendidum 

 again turned up. 



On Taragarh, the precipitous hill that overtops the city 

 by perhaps 500 ft., I got only Belenois mesentina, Terias 

 Ixta, and the long-waisted £ wasp, Eumenes dimidiatipennis, 

 Sauss. 



ML Abu, lat. 24° 30' N., alt. of civil and military 

 station c. 4100 ft. 



February 6th— 8th, 1904. 



Insects were extremely scarce upon the sacred Jaina 

 mountain. The commonest butterfly was Terias Iseia ; it 

 was abundant up to 4500 ft., and the only representative 

 of the genus seen. These, together with Belenois mesentina, 

 Huphina nerissa, a few Precis lemonias, and a couple of 

 tages-like Skippers (which I missed upon rocks at about 

 4400 ft), were the only butterflies that I saw on the 

 elevated plateau. One moth, the very widely-distributed 

 Crambus, Eromene oeellca, Haw., came to light. 



At lower elevations, on the fine road up from the plain, 

 the following were met w r ith : at about 3000 ft., Belenois 

 mesentina, Taracus telicanus, and Polyommatus bteticus, the 

 last as usual in poor condition. From 3500 ft. down to 



