Observed in a tour through India and Ceylon. 103 
Jhansi, lat.25° 30" N:, alt. c. 750° ft: 
January 5th—13th, also 21st, 1904. 
Situated on a sandy plain, broken by precipitous ridges 
of igneous rock, Jhansi, something like 750 ft. above the 
sea, is characterized by dryness, heat, and sparsity of cover. 
A couple of Papilio aristolochix taken at flowers near 
the lake were the sole representatives of their family. 
Several Lelenois mesentina were taken, but it was scarcely 
common; the male had a distinct but faint, sweet scent; 
on the ridge of Retribution Hill (where Sir Hugh Rose in 
1858 slew 2000 mutineers), I took a female B. mesentina 
in which the hind-margins of the secondaries had been 
symmetrically broken off, probably by the bite of a lizard. 
Of three specimens of Terias hecabe, one, a small female, 
was of the varicty without the “dog’s head” notch. Of 
T. libythea a single specimen was taken, but 7’. deta was 
common and of gregarious habits. Teracolus etrida was 
locally rather common, especially the female. On the other 
hand, the male of Jzias marianne was rather common. 
Two Atella phalanta were taken; the only Precis noted 
was orithyia, and that very dwarfed, one measuring only 
1-4 inches across the wings. 
Telchinia viole was abundant at the foot of Retribution 
Hill, and scattered specimens occurred elsewhere. This 
insect, like the Danaids, has a tough skin which enables it 
to resist pinching, and doubtless makes it indigestible. 
When injured a yellow juice exudes; a minute drop of 
this placed on the tongue tasted somewhat bitter and 
disagreeable, but the flavour was by no means strong. 
The Jhansi Lyczenids were fairly numerous, but not 
very brilliant, the most striking was Chilades putli, Koll., 
actually smaller and darker than our alsus ; other species 
were Chilades laius, Cr., which appears to have been 
common, but of which I unfortunately took but one 
specimen, and Catochrysops contracta, Butl., of which I took 
two; Zarucus theophrastus, Fab., of which the two sexes 
are, on the upper surface at least, very different, was 
common, but of 7. telicanus, Lang, I only secured one of 
eacn sex, though noting it as common. Blues are very 
abundant in India, but they are very much alike, so that 
being ignorant of the distinctions between allied species, 
on? was but too apt to neglect them while in the eager 
