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Lantana, and Bougainvillea. When feeding it settles for 
a few moments only, fluttering with its wings the while ; 
then it is not hard to catch, but when rushing from place 
to place it is far otherwise. In colouring it is very like 
P. machaon, but far less handsome; the yellow ground- 
colour is often quite pale and bright when the insect is 
fresh, but it usually turns much darker and duller; I sus- 
pect that cyanide hastens this process. At Lahore also I 
first came across another very common Indian butterfly, 
Papilio pammon, L.; its graceful form and flight and rich 
velvety-black coat at first excited me so much that I 
had great difficulty in catching it! Naturally enough I 
followed Linnzeus iv taking the sexes for different species : 
he called the male pammon,and the very different female, 
Wallace’s second form, polytes. At Lahore it especially 
affected the flowers of Bougainvillea and a shrub with 
blossoms like in colour and scent to, but much larger than, 
those of white jasmine. Like P. erithonius it flew rapidly 
from flower to flower and fluttered while feeding. The 
female taken here was of Wallace’s second form (polytes) ; 
among the males was a dingy variety with scarcely any 
orange on the under-side of the hind-wings. 
Limnas chrysippus was abundant, more especially at the 
flowers of Asclepias (the food-plant); amongst them was a 
dwarf female. Tirwmala limniace was scarcely common. 
Of Catopsilia pomona, F., I only netted one female, but 
believe I saw others; it visits flowers high up on trees. 
C. pyranthe was abundant; it flies fast and high and is 
hard to catch; it was fond of settling on the flowers of 
duranta on the tops of high hedges, forming a pretty 
contrast with the hlac-blue racemes. 
Terias hecabe, both sexes, was fairly common; it flew 
slowly and near the ground. The black and white 
Teracolus puellaris, Butl., was also fairly common; perhaps 
it owes its name to the child-like simplicity of itsdress. It 
flies near the ground, but so jerkily as to be somewhat 
hard to catch. It has the habit of flying into bushes, by 
preference those well provided with thorns, and not coming 
out again. Of 7. protractus, Butl., I could only get two 
specimens; its salmon-pink colour with broad black margins 
dusted with blue-grey make it one of the most beautiful 
little butterflies that’ I came across; its dress is all in 
exquisite taste, the under-side being a quiet greenish- 
yellow that must greatly protect it when at rest, 
