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



Out of the grass I kicked up Tephrina catalaunaria, 

 Guen., a pretty little Macariid Geometer Semiothisa subatbi- 

 taria, Swinhoe, and Sterrha paullula, Swinhoe. The 

 common dragon-fly, Orthetrum sabina, Dru., and a bug, 

 Eysarcocoris guttigcra, Thunb., completed the tenants of the 

 garden. 



A number of things came to light, viz. : — Dciopeia 

 pulchella, the Ocneriad, Enome detersa, Walk., a Noctua, 

 Ericeia inangulata, Guen., a Pyrale, Schcenobius bipunctifera, 

 Walk., and a tiny Quadrifid Noctua Raparna lactea, 

 Swinhoe, as well as two bugs, Acanthaspis apicata, Dist., 

 and Dieuches uniguttatus, Thunb., the former apparently a 

 scarce insect since the national collection contains the type 

 only. There was in addition to these a small ochreous 

 narrow-winged Geometer to which I have not been able to 

 assign a name, and an ichneumon, Henieospilus, sp. In 

 fact one evening swarms of insects came to light, including 

 many mosquitos, but these appeared to be all Culex, 

 fortunately no Anopheles. 



Bangalur, lat. 13° N., alt. 3100 ft. 

 February 23rd, 1904. 



The change of trains at this large military station gave 

 me an hour or two's collecting in the extensive public 

 gardens. There was rather a high wind which was against 

 a good day, but the afternoon proved interesting since it 

 gave me the first glimpse at the " Ceylon " fauna. Here I 

 saw for the first time that very striking black, white, and 

 orange Lycasnid, Talicada nyseus, Guer., as well as the 

 huge and magnificent Papilio p>olymnestor, Cram, [parinda, 

 Moore], a truly gorgeous monster in which a pale lilac is 

 the prevailing colour trimmed with black. 



The only other things noted were more ordinary, to wit 

 Catopsilia pomona, a female, Grastia core, several Telehinia 

 vioLv, Nychitona xiphia, an abundance of Ncptis varmona, 

 and one Ncptis jumba, Moore. 



Th e Nilgiris, lat. ll r N. 



February 24th— March 3rd, 1904. 



The Nilgiris, or Blue Mountains, rising abruptly from 

 the plain, itself nearly 2000 ft. above the sea, form a 



