Observed in a tour through India and Ceylon. 79 
calais, Or., was abundant alike in the Kudsia Gardens and 
close to the hotel, flying near the ground yet not so 
easy to catch. One of them was very small. Of 7. 
puellaris I only saw two. The “wet season” form of 
Terias hecabe was abundant, flying low and about bushes. 
Of the brilliant yellow and orange Jxias pyrene, L., 1 
took but one; the less gaudy Orange-tip, J. marianne, was 
rather common, but some of them were worn and none very 
easy to catch. The genus Catopsilia was represented by 
one worn male pyranthe, and I took my first Delias ewcharis, 
Dru., a very worn female. The common Whites were 
Huphina nerissa, all males, and Lelenois mesentina, which 
was abundant at flowers. The slender little Nychitona 
aiphia, Fab., flitted weakly along close to the ground, 
reminding me irresistibly of Leucophasia sinapis, L., in 
spite of all structural differences. One of these ghostly 
creatures was taken flying over a tablet that marked 
the site of “Battery No. IV. Left attack; mortars.” 
One wondered whether there were any butterflies in that 
place during the terrible summer of 1857. 
Three or four Precis lemonias, L., appeared to be rather 
fond of shade, they settled upon the ground in preference 
to flowers and then were hard to see. Of the gorgeous 
Hypolimnas bolina I saw one of each sex; it needed an 
effort to believe that they were one species. 
The Blues included Catochrysops cnejus, Fab. ; Tarucus 
theophrastus, Fab. ; Chilades varunana, Moore; and Chilades 
laius, Cr., this last was common. The only Skipper taken 
was T'elicota augias, L. 
A little geometer, like a Macaria, was common among 
herbage, Semiothisa fidoniata, Guen., and one specimen of 
Tephrinia disputaria, Guen., was taken in like situation. 
Semiothisa fidoniata also came to light, along with 
Oligochroa akbarella, Rag. Can M. Ragonot have intended 
a deliberate insult to the memory of the great Emperor 
when he named this dingy and insignificant little Phycid 
after him ? 
Other moths taken in the Kudsia Gardens were the 
tiny Noctuids Metachrostis badia, Swinhoe, and Larias 
tristrigosa, Butl., which was common among bushes near 
a back-water of the Jumna. 
In the verandah of the hotel I took a fine Sphinx orien- 
talis, Butl., the eastern form of convolvuli, L.; it had 
probably been attracted by the lights the night before. 
