100 Dr. G. B. Longstaff’s Notes on the Butterflies 
above the anal angle, the injuries on both sides corre- 
sponding closely. 
It was dark when I reached Sukna station, 500 feet 
above sea-level, and fireflies, Zuciola sp., were flitting about 
on all sides. A “flare” lighted just before the arrival of 
the train attracted many moths, of which I secured a 
large sharp-winged transparent Pyrale, Cydalima conchyla- 
lis, Guen.; and the Noctua, Prodenia littoralis, Bdv. In the 
train, immediately after starting I bottled a strange-looking 
¢ winged ant, Dorylus juvenculus, Shuck. 
Thus closed my short Darjiling campaign, and leaving 
behind with much regret the awe-inspiring Himalaya, we 
steamed away into the darkness over the monotonous 
plain of Bengal. 
Banképir, lat. 25° 30’ N., alt. c. 250 ft. 
December 22nd, 1903—January 3rd, 1904. 
In absolute contrast to Darjiling, Bankapur, the civil 
station of the great city of Patna, is situated on the level, 
monotonous, and highly-cultivated plain of the Ganges, 
affording little harbour for butterflies, so that a fortnight’s 
stay with old friends at the hospitable parsonage yielded 
small entomological results. 
In spite of these unpromising surroundings, Limnas 
chrysippus was common, and in company with it Hypolim- 
nas misippus, of which I saw several males and secured one 
female, which latter so closely mimics the former species 
that even the small white spots on the thorax and head 
are reproduced ! 
Of Tirumala limniace I saw a solitary example, of 
Crastia core, two; but the other very common Danaid, 
Limnas genutia, was abundant in a mango orchard, and 
distinctly gregarious in its habits. It has rather an 
unpleasant scent, but whether or no it is confined to one 
sex I regret that I failed to notice. 
The Satyrids were represented by a solitary Mycalesis 
perseus; the Swallow-tails by Papilio pammon, worn, 
P. aristolochiz, and P. erithonius, the last a flower-loving 
species. Precis was represented by four species: almana, 
one of them with large pieces, in part corresponding, bitten 
out of each hind-wing ; enone, one; lemonias, several ; and 
orithyia, several, the latter all small. Single specimens of 
the common and generally distributed Atella phalanta and 
