66 Dr. G. B. Longstaft’s Notes on the Butterflies 
cultivated ground; this is sufficiently distinct from C, 
phlwas, but has no especial oriental glamour. 
From the ground by the roadside I picked up a large 
newly-emerged Bombyx with the awe-striking name of 
Trabala vishnu, Lefevre ; it was unfortunately a good deal 
damaged in the killing, through having no oxalic acid 
available. Two Blues, Cyaniris vardhana, Moore, and Zizera 
maha, Koll., var. diluta, Feld., together with the Hairstreak, 
Llerda sena, completed the bag for this stage. 
Theog, 7400 ft., to Matidna, 7700 ft. 
October 11th and 16th. 
At Theog, our first halting-place, Gonepteryx rhamni, var. 
nipalensis, was especially common, and here I took my 
first Athyma opalina, Koll., a Vanessid resembling on both 
upper and lower surfaces Limenitis sibylla, L., an insect to 
which it is closely allied in structure and habits. 
On the road, besides Llerda sena, Chrysophanus pavana, 
Precis orithyia, and Argynnis lathonia, var. issea, Moore, 
several things turned up. Of Pyrameis cardut, L., a fresh 
brood appeared to haveemerged onthe 15th or 16th October, 
and was common at the flowers of a straw-coloured thistle. 
I saw a few more Athyma opalina, and secured one. In 
their elegant floating flight one seems to see through the 
white markings of the butterflies of this genus. The 
Simla school-boys call them “Sailors,” but to me the name 
“Ghosts” would seem more appropriate. They settle on 
the leaves of trees or shrubs, rarely affecting flowers. Here 
I got my first Precis lemonias, L., an insect with the habits 
(and structure) of a Vanessid, but with much the appearance 
of Pararge xgeria, L. A specimen of Terias libythea, ¥., 
taken on the return journey, bears the note “easy to 
catch,” which is true, but at the time I do not think that 
I distinguished it from the much commoner 7. hecabe, 
which it closely resembles. 
At Matiina I found Chrysophanus phlwas, var. timeus ; 
Vanessa kashmirensis ; Precis orithyia; and two specimens 
of Huphina nerissa, F., both males. This last is a somewhat 
glorified P. napi, L.; one of them appeared to have a 
slight scent which I could not describe, but certainly it 
was not that of the male napi. 
Perhaps the most abundant butterfly at Matidna, and 
indeed throughout the woods of the district, was Cyaniris 
