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



wings fully expanded like a Geometer. I do not ever 

 remember seeing a butterfly do this before, but then we 

 are perhaps wrong in calling Skippers butterflies. One 

 of the Lampides, a female ( ? ), was found settled close to 

 the ground, with all its wings erect as usual and close 

 together; it was however moving its hind-wings alternately, 

 in a rhythmical manner, in the plane of the wing, about 

 10-15° forward and then back. No other specimen of the 

 species was near it. 



On the occasion of my first visit to Kallar, as we were 

 walking back to the station, Solomon suddenly darted off 

 like the wind, and I found that he was after a very large 

 Papilio which he had caught sight of flying about a puddle 

 in the road, some hundred and fifty yards off". He waited 

 long and patiently until it settled to drink and then popped 

 his net over it. It was Papilio polymnestor in splendid 

 condition, black and French grey, 5| inches in expanse ! 

 This haughty beauty was not kind to me at Kallar ; many 

 a time I caught a glimpse of her flying about in a super- 

 cilious sort of way, but she never gave me a chance of 

 closer acquaintance. Solomon had the advantage of me in 

 many ways, first and foremost in years, next in his keen 

 sight, but he was also wily and skilful with his net. 

 During the day he took among other things a specimen of 

 Papilio agamemnon, L., a fine black-and-green fellow that I 

 too had seen ; also one of that grand diamond-beetle green 

 butterfly Papilio crino, F., which I missed the next day at 

 Lantana flowers, as I believe, through sheer excitement ! 



Trichindpali, lat. 10° 50' N., alt. c. 400 ft. or less. 

 March 4th and 5 th, 1904. 



My collecting here was almost confined to the banks of 

 an irrigation canal, where the genus Papilio was repre- 

 sented by P. hector, P. pammon, and P. aristoloehiie, of each 

 of which I saw several. 



Limnas chrysippus was common; in the male of Tirumala 

 limniace I detected a very faint scent, suggesting old cigar- 

 boxes. 



Gatopsilia pyranthe was rather common, the specimen 

 preserved was of the intermediate form ; I noted a scent 

 in the male, but it was not so strong as in some of the 

 Bankapiir specimens. Of Delias eucharis I took two 



