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2500 ft. a few Yphthima inica, Hew., were seen, and at 

 about the last-named elevation, among the rocks of a 

 nearly dry water-course, I saw two specimens of the 

 beautiful Nymphalid, Symph&dra thyelia, Fab., but only 

 secured one. It has the habits of a Vanessa ; unfortunately 

 time vvas pressing, or I might probably have taken more. 



Bombay, lat. 19° N., near sea-level. 

 February 10 th, 1904. 



In an hour's visit to the Victoria Gardens, where there 

 were a fair number of insects, I got PapUio erithonitcs, 

 P. aristolochi/B, Neptis varmona, and Nepheronia hippia, a 

 female, the last named mimicking Tintmala. 



On February 15th I was much interested in watching 

 the movements of a solitary butterfly in the small public 

 garden of the University, in the heart of the city. It 

 appeared to be a large Catopsilia, possibly the catilla form 

 of pomona, but at any rate of a general greenish-yellow 

 colour ; when disturbed it invariably settled in one or other 

 of several small shrubs with yellow leaves, when it would 

 vanish quite suddenly. It was only after several attempts 

 that I succeeded in getting a glimpse of it when settled, so 

 strong was the protective resemblance. 



Bijdpur, lat. 17° N., alt. c. 1500 ft. 

 February 16th and 17th, 1904. 



This was further south than I had yet collected, but the 

 scanty vegetation among the ruins seemed too parched to 

 yield very much. The most prevalent genera here, as at 

 so many places where thorns, burrs, rocks and ruins pre- 

 dominated, were Belenois and Teracolus, the last a genus 

 which, though beautiful in the cabinet, is not effective on 

 the wing. 



Teracolus etrida was abundant, the males appearing to 

 be about twice as numerous as the females ; they varied 

 greatly in size, so much so that among the males the 

 largest had nearly double the alar expansion of the 

 smallest. Of T. dulcis I took one female, and of T. amatus, 

 var. modestus, two males. 



The only Terias seen was lasta. Belenois mesentina was 

 abundant ; a slight sweet scent was detected in one 

 .specimen. 



