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misgivings as to season, but still full of wild hopes. The 
ascent by the cog-wheel railway took us through a most 
interesting forest, where amongst other things we saw our 
first tree-ferns. Near Tindaria, at about 3000 feet, I saw 
several Jxias pyrene and succeeded in catching one from the 
train while it was going at full speed—about seven miles 
an hour! ‘This was a male of the large form evippe, Drury. 
Before reaching Kurseong, nearly 5000 feet, where I 
had arranged to sleep with a view to getting a little 
collecting, we got into the clouds, and at our destination it 
was very cold, with ar: atmosphere only too like that of 
the West of Scotland. During a gleam of sunshine I took 
a Vanessa kashmirensis, a poor dull thing compared to 
our wrtice. At night two moths, an Acidaliud, Synegiodes 
hyriaria, Walk., and Caradrina albosignata, Oberth. 
(thought by Sir G Hampson to be probably identical 
with dineosa, Moore), came to light. 
The following morning was brighter and we started 
early to walk up to the next station, Toong, but though 
the weather was more benignant, the railway ran through 
a district devoted to tea-growing which did not promise 
well. <A few Vanessa kashmirensis, a Pyrameis indica and 
a P. cardwi flew along the road, the latter with both apices 
of the fore-wings and one hind-wine near the anal angle 
apparently bitten. Near Toong station, 5500 feet, in a 
sheltered and flowery spot I took single specimens of the 
Hairstreaks Jlerda epicles, Godart, a female, and Camena 
cleobis, Godart; the latter on the upper surface like 7’ 
quercus, but bluer, on the under-side almost white with a 
practically black spot on the anal lobe. Here also I took 
amale Hiposcritia lalage, Dbl., and a native caught in his 
fingers a Dodona eugenes, Bates (an Erycinid), and the same 
man brought me a fine Saturnid moth, Rhodia newarra, 
Moore, 64 inches in expanse, apparently recently dead. 
As the train rounded the last corner we came in fall 
view of the Kangchinjunga range, rising majestically full 
four miles above us. No words can describe the grandeur 
of the scene and we were fortunate indeed in having it 
clear throughout our stay. Yet, entomologically speaking, 
it was the saddest of disappointments, for it was as cold as 
England in November and the local entomologists— Messrs. 
Moller and Lindgren—assured me that Kallima was 
hopelessly over, as indeed were most things. They, and 
every one we met, spoke of the astonishing multitudes of 
