144 Dr. G. B. Longstaff's Notes on the Butterflies, etc. 



to be closely associated with wetness and dryness respect- 

 ively. CatopsiUa pyranthc, as Dr. Dixey has shown, 

 occupies a far less clear position, and I may add that 

 Terias lie.cdbe did not appear to me to follow any rule. The 

 two forms were taken together in most places. 



Many dwarfed specimens of the genus Precis were met 

 with as the season advanced ; with the exception of one 

 P. almana, var. asterie, they were all of the dry type, most 

 of them markedly so. The smallest Terias hecabe was of 

 the dry form, so was a dwarf Teracohcs dulcis ; four dwarfed 

 T. ctricla were half dry, half intermediate. A dwarf 

 Behnois mesentina was dry, but a dwarf Gatovsilia pyranthe 

 and a dwarf Huphina nerissa were intermediate, while a 

 dwarf Teracolus Calais was actually of the wet-season furm. 



In conclusion I have to thank the President for much 

 valuable assistance in many ways ; I am greatly indebted 

 to Mi\ Hamilton H. Druce for most kindly naming all my 

 Lycsenids and Hesperids, to Sir George Hampson for much 

 help in naming my moths, to Mr. W. F. Kirby for kindly 

 naming my Orthoptcra and Neuroptera, to Col. C. T. 

 Bingham, Mr. G. E. Austen, and Mr. Claude Morley ; to 

 the Rev. F. D. Morice for naming my Hymenoptcra ; to 

 Commander J. J. Walker, B.N. , whose practical experience 

 in many lands was of much assistance, and to Mr. W. 

 Holland of the Hope Department for constant help, while 

 to Dr. F. A. Dixey I am indebted not only for the names 

 of all my Pierines and much information about them, but 

 for continual encouragement and inspiration. 



