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psilia pyranthe I took two females, one of which had 
suffered a symmetrical injury to both hind-wings. Three or 
four Hypolimnas bolina, both sexes, were disturbed in their 
first sleep, and being drowsy fell an easy prey. The Blues 
were represented by several species—Zizera maha, Koll; 
Z. otis, Fab., var. indica, Murray ; Catochrysops enejus, Fab. ; 
and Nacaduba norecia, Feld. Two Pyrales, Hymenia 
recurvalis, F., and Bradina admixtalis, Walk., and a worn 
Acidalid were picked up. A Sphinx, Nephele hespera, Fab., 
was taken during the afternoon at the flowers of a bryonia, 
A. little later on, an Arctiid moth, Artaxa lwnata, Walk., 
came to the lamp of the railway carriage, to which a Sphinx, 
probably another JV. hespera, also paid a momentary visit, 
Peshdwar, lat. 34° N., alt. 1165 ft. 
October 22nd—25th, 1903. 
This city is finely situated in the extreme north-west 
of the great plain of the Panjdib, or Five Rivers; the 
mountains of the Sufid Koh and the foot-hills of the 
Hindu Kush bounding the view to the west and north 
respectively. 
In the hotel garden I took a few things; Terias hecabe 
was common, two of them lacked “the dog’s head mark.” 
Belenois mesentina was represented by a solitary male. 
One of three males of Ganoris canidia yielded a decided 
scent, hard to describe but certainly not that of G. napi. 
That dingy Skipper Parnara mathias, Fab., was abundant 
at the flowers of Duranta. I missed several specimens of 
a yellow Papilio, probably erithonius, Cr., and I believe 
one allied to podalirius, L. Of the Blues I took one 
Polyommatus beticus, and three Zizera karsandra, Moore. 
Two moths came to light, Oligochroa akbarella, Rag. 
and Harias tristrigosa, Butl. 
Near the waterworks at Bara, amidst a wilderness of 
stones, I netted a female Belenois mesentina, three Blues, 
Tarucus theophrastus, Fab. (2 %,19),and my first Teracolus, 
a female etrida, Boisd. Dr. Dixey tells me that he had no 
idea that this species ranged so far north. A strange- 
looking grasshopper, Trucalis nasuta, L., seemed well 
adapted to its stony desert surroundings. 
From Peshawar my most interesting expedition, from 
every point of view, was to Ali Musjid in the Khaibar 
Pass, This tiny white building, said to be the first 
