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Ergolis merione were seen in gardens. A fine Limenitis 
procris was taken sipping “toddy” from a palm; I missed 
him at the first shot, but he foolishly returned to his fatal 
liquor, 
Of Catopsilia pyranthe I took two males and a female. 
I held one of the former fluttermmg beneath my nostrils, 
when it gave out a strong scent that instantly brought 
greenhouses to my mind, then my own greenhouse, then 
Polianthes tuberosa (barbarously termed by nurserymen 
“tuberose”), and lastly jasmine. I do not think that I 
ever smelt so distinct a scent in a butterfly, always except- 
ing the male of Ganoris nap. The other male pyranthe I 
held under my nose while I stroked the “ feather-tufts ” of 
the hind-wing ; this at once elicited the odour of jasmine, 
further confirming the observation of Wood-Mason. 
Two males of Huphina nerissa bear the following notes: 
“Scented, not like napi, more like rape,” and “ this 
specimen had a scent like P. rape, i.e., of the sweet-briar 
type.” Again a female of Delias eucharis (which was 
common) bears the note, “has a scent much like rape,” 
and the specimen appears to have been wilfully rubbed. 
My observations on butterflies in England show that in 
some cases females have a scent, but not like, or as strong 
as the males. My strong impression is that the male ot 
D. eucharis has the rape, or sweet-briar scent. 
The three species of Terias, viz. hecabe, libythea, and 
leta, were all common; one of the leta appears to have 
been bitten by a bird. 
Nychitona xiphia was not uncommon, and several je LUAS 
marianne were seen. Chilades varwnana, Moore (according 
to De Nicéville the wet-season form of C. laws, Cr.), was 
common about irrigated flower-beds, indeed Blues are 
wonderfully fond of water. The only butterfly seen at 
Bankaptr that was at all out of the common, besides 
Limenitis procris, was the large grey Lycenid Virachola 
isocrates, Fab., of which I took one at flowers in the 
Commissioner’s garden. I noted that its hind-wings were 
much folded posterior to the tails, the convexities of the 
folds being towards the upper-surface. These foldings of 
the wings are not well seen in set specimens. 
Although Bankapur is far from being a good locality, it 
will give some idea of the abundance of butterflies in India 
when I say that in mid-winter, December 24th, I took in 
a suburban garden within three-quarters of an hour no less 
