122 Dr. G. B. Longstaffs Notes on the Butter/lies 



leaf insect, young snakes, etc., and above all he gave me 

 some very useful advice. Peradeniya, he said, was not as 

 rich a locality as Kandy ; and, as regarded the highlands 

 of Ceylon, he told me that, at any rite at that time of the 

 year, Lepidoptera were for the most part confined to 

 certain favoured spots, which it was unlikely that 1 should 

 hit upon. He therefore strongly recommended me to 

 concentrate my attention on " Lady Horton's Drive " at 

 Kandy. 



Kandy, alt. 1500 ft. 

 March 11th— loth, 1904. 



On the south side of the artificial lake at Kandy stand 

 some low hills, covered for the most part with natural 

 forests, through which have been cut a number of roads 

 named after the wives of former governors. Lady Horton's 

 Drive is one of these, which runs about half-way up the 

 hill, winding around its southern and eastern slopes. A 

 wide road, bounded on either side with forest of rich 

 and varied tropical growth, lying fully open to the morn- 

 ing sun, commanding moreover a glorious view over 

 groves of palms to the bluest of distant hills, it affords an 

 almost ideal collecting-ground. The climate of Kandy, 

 so far as I experienced it, is delightful, tropical heat 

 tempered by elevation, and with a pleasant softness in the 

 air, yet free from the excessive damp of many places within 

 the tropics. Its vegetation is by far the richest that I had 

 seen. My pleasure in collecting in this earthly paradise 

 was greatly enhanced by the companionship of Mr. W. G. 

 Freedley, junr., a Philadelphia gentleman who had been 

 collecting butterflies in Borneo, Celebes, Japan, Macao, etc. 



In such a locality it was perhaps to be expected that 

 Pierines would not be dominant, at any rate so it was. 

 By far the commonest of the family was Catopsilia jJomona, 

 of which the males were very abundant, but strong fliers 

 and by no means easy to catch. We remarked that they 

 usually all flew in the same direction, and that uphill. 

 As the females were comparatively scarce one was not 

 surprised to see more than once signs of jealousy on the 

 part of the males. I detected a slight jasmine-like scent 

 in the male on stroking the " scent tufts " on the hind- 

 wings. A female Terias hccabe had apparently been 

 bitten in both hind-wings when at rest, the injuries being 



