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females, by far the less common sex, at all events in 

 collections. Of Hivphina nerissa I took one of each sex. 

 Terias hecabe was abundant. 



The most striking fact about the butterflies of Trichin- 

 apali was the predominance of the genus Teracolus ; of 

 these I met with three species : T. eucharis was in abund- 

 ance, but I find my specimens comprise eight males to 

 two females ; of T. ctrida I took two males ; and I was 

 greatly delighted to see here for the first time that truly 

 exquisite little gem the crimson-tipped T. danclc. It 

 proved to be rather common, and I secured two of each 

 sex. It is one of the most " elegant flies " that I have 

 ever seen alive. 



Precis orithyia was common, the specimens small and 

 brilliant ; P. lemonias was in larger numbers than I met 

 with anywhere else, in fact quite abundant; Ergolis 

 ariadne was common; I netted a pair of Hypanis Uithyia 

 in copula, one was of the " wet-season " form, the other 

 "intermediate " tending to " wet." As usual Telchinia 

 violte was common. 



I took here one specimen of that beautiful Lycasnid 

 with the under-side striped like a tiger, Spindasis vulcanus. 

 This is one of the butterflies with an anal lobe to the 

 secondaries, but unfortunately I had not an opportunity of 

 observing it at rest. Lampidcs celeno, Cr., was common ; 

 some smaller and dingy Blues were abundant, Zizera otis, 

 Fab., var. indica, Murray, and Ghilades varunana, Moore, 

 thought by De Niceville to be the wet-season form of 

 G. laius. I also took one specimen of a small bright 

 golden Skipper, Ampittia maro, Fab. 



Tanjur, lat. 10° 47' N., alt. 350 ft. or less. 

 March 6th, 1904. 



The predominant genus of the plains of Southern 

 Madras would appear to be Teracolus, which was repre- 

 sented in my envelopes from Tanjur by a male T. etrida, 

 a pair of T. eucharis, and five males and two females of 

 my favourite crimson-tip, T. dctncle, which was quite 

 common. 



Of Catopsilia pyranthe I took a dwarf male of the 

 intermediate form. Terias hecabe was common, and I took 

 a very large female [over 1*8 inches in expanse, it was 



