Observed in a tour through India and Ceylon. 81 
up from the path only to return again to the same stone, 
while several “Small Coppers” (Chrysophanus pavana) 
disport themselves about the autumn flowers on the 
bank. Quite a Palearctic picture surely ! 
In addition to these I found at Naini Terias hecabe, the 
Hairstreak J/erda sena, Moore, and the Blue Zizera maha, 
Koll., also the Fossor, Pompilus analis, Fab. 9, while 
Agrotis lammatra, Guen., came to light. 
A climb to the top of China Peak (pronounced Cheena), 
8568 ft. produced two more Palearctic forms, Argynnis 
lathonia, var. issea, and Lycena betica. 
Five days were spent on horseback in an expedition 
into Kumaon as far as Ranikhet and Chaubattia, some 
twenty-four miles north of Nainias the crow flies. The road, 
at first slippery with ice so as to compel us to dismount, falls 
rapidly to Khairna (Khdairana, or Khyrna, for the spelling 
seems uncertain). At about 6000 ft. Z/erda sena was again 
met with, at about 4000 ft. Neptis astola, Moore, and 
Terias hecabe. When near the bottom our eye was caught 
by the fluttering down of shells from a large pod-bearing 
tree. On looking up we saw about a dozen charming- 
looking greenish monkeys, their little black faces set off 
with most becoming white frills. It did not take them 
long to strip that tree of every pod. 
At Khairna, 3200 ft. a tiny village in a deep and 
narrow valley, I had a little time for collecting, but it was 
limited by the steady march of the great chill mountain 
shadow, which sent all butterflies quickly off to bed. 
Precis orithyia was common, but the specimens were very 
small; P. enone, P. lemonias and P. iphita were also seen, 
the latter at flowers, not a usual habit of the species. 
Several Athyma perius were seen, also several Catopsilia 
pyranthe; of those taken one was the gnoma, the other 
of the pyranthe form. Of Ganoris canidia and Tarucus 
telicanus, Lang, I took one each, but Zizera maha, Koll., was 
in abundance. In addition to these were Deiopeia pulchella, 
flying for short distances about low herbage according to 
its wont, and a fly which hovered at flowers just like a 
Sphinx—a Bombylius not in the National Collection. The 
widely-distributed locust, Thisoicetrus littoralis, Ramb., 
which was very common, had the curious habit after its short 
flight of settling so brusquely upon a shrub as to make its 
branches shake, but then quickly making its way to the 
ground. I missed a Macroglossa twice at the same bush. 
TRANS, ENT. SOC. LOND. 1905.—PART I. (MAY) 6 
