Observed in a tour through India and Ceylon. 63 
by parcel post in small cigar-boxes, each enclosing a ball 
of naphthalene. In no case do they appear to have sus- 
tained any injury ou the way. They have been beautifully 
set at Oxford by Mr. A. H. Hamm, and all that are worth 
preserving will be placed in the Hope Collection, while 
the explanatory note-book will be deposited in the library 
of the Department. 
The total number of specimens sent home was as 
follows :— 
All countries. India and Ceylon only. 
Butterflies . : ISO . F 1494 
Moths : : 206. : : 125 
Coleoptera . ; 2A te : P 15 
Hymenoptera. Biles : : 27 
Neuroptera F 15e : 5 
Diptera. ; aaa : : 5 
Hemiptera . ; EO : : 8 
Orthoptera . ‘ 1S : ; 13 
2164 1692 
In round numbers, I was five months in India and three 
weeks in Ceylon—say, six months together; during this 
time I took nearly 1700 specimens, of which 1500 were 
butterflies belonging to 204 species. 
To these may be added the results of a fortnight in 
China, a month in Japan, and a fortnight in Canada, viz. 
500 more specimens, and 64 additional species of butter- 
flies, which are only incidentally alluded to at the end of 
this paper. 
Naturally in a rapid tour of this kind there is small 
probability of turning up anything new, but it is hoped 
that some of the observations made (even on the com- 
monest species) may throw a glimmer of light on some 
of those questions of Bionomics which are now attracting 
attention. 
Simla, lat. 31° N., alt. 7200 ft. 
In reference to the seasonal variation of many species 
it may be remarked that at Bombay on October 2nd and 
3rd there was heavy rain, the tail-end of the monsoon. 
It was held to be a very late season, the rain had lingered 
and the cold weather was delayed. 
My collecting at Simla was confined to a riding expedi- 
tion along the old Hindustan-Tibet road. This is an 
