104 Dr, G. B. Longstaff’s Notes on the Butterflies 
pursuit of larger game, For these reasons too much 
weight should not be attached to the observation that 
such and such a species was common or abundant, but the 
qualification, ‘or something superficially like it,” should be 
added, 
Two moths came to light, an Agrotid Huxoa spinifera, 
Hiibn,, and the Macaria-like Semiothisa frugaliata, Guen. 
T also took a brown beetle, Bolboceras quadridens, Fab. 
After prolonged drought there was a heavy rainstorm at 
Jhansi on January 14th, and there was slight rain at 
Gwalior on the 16th and 17th. With the exception of a 
very few days when there had been clouds and occasionally 
a few drops of rain, there had been almost uninterrupted 
sunshine for three months, 7. e. since October 8th, On 
January 20th, writing to Dr. Dixey, I said, “There has 
been a very cold ‘wave’ in Northern India with a few 
showers of rain, but scarcely enough of the latter to affect 
either vegetation or insects.” On January 28rd there was 
gentle rain at Jhansi lasting several hours, 
On January 21st I had another day’s collecting at 
Jhansi, but the species taken were not such as to show 
any effect in the way of change of type due to the rain, 
even if such change had been possible. The insects met 
with were B. mesentina, I. marianne, T. etrida, A. phalanta, 
and Tarucus theophrastus. 
Orcha. 
On January 9th I had an hour’s collecting in this inter- 
esting deserted city, some eight miles to the east of Jhansi, 
and took or saw Limnas genutia, Precis lemonias, P. enone, 
and P. orithyia (this last in abundance), Atella phalanta, 
an Iaias, Teracolus etrida, a Terias, and several female 
Belenois mesentina. Monkeys were almost as common as 
butterflies among the ruined tombs. 
Burwa Sdgar. 
On January 14th I got a couple of hours’ collecting in 
the neighbourhood of the interesting and romantically- 
situated old castle of this name, which lies some twelve 
miles to the east of Jhansi. 
Here I observed in two specimens of Limnas chrysippus 
(of which certainly one was a male) a distinct cockroach- 
like odour, sufficiently strong to be perceptible when the 
