Observed in a tour through India and Ceylon. 107 
2500 ft. a few VYphthima inica, Hew., were seen, and at 
about the last-named elevation, among the rocks of a 
nearly dry water-course, I saw two specimens of the 
beautiful Nymphalid, Symphedra thyelia, Fab., but only 
secured one. It has the habits of a Vanessa; unfortunately 
time was pressing, or I might probably have taken more. 
Bombay, lat. 19° N., near sea-level. 
February 10th, 1904. 
In an hour’s visit to the Victoria Gardens, where there 
were a fair number of insects, I got Papilio erithonius, 
P. aristolochix, Neptis varmona, and Nepheronia hippia, a 
female, the last named mimicking Tirwmala. 
On February 15th I was much interested in watching 
the movements of a solitary butterfly in the small public 
garden of the University, in the heart of the city. It 
appeared to be a large Catopsilia, possibly the catilla form 
of pomona, but at any rate of a general greenish-yellow 
colour; when disturbed it invariably settled in one or other 
of several small shrubs with yellow leaves, when it would 
vanish quite suddenly. It was only after several attempts 
that I succeeded in getting a glimpse of it when settled, so 
strong was the protective resemblance. 
Bydpur, lat. 17° N., alt. c. 1500 ft. 
February 16th and 17th, 1904. 
This was further south than I had yet collected, but the 
scanty vegetation among the ruins seemed too parched to 
yield very much. The most prevalent genera here, as at 
so many places where thorns, burrs, rocks and ruins pre- 
dominated, were Belenois and Teracolus, the last a genus 
which, though beautiful in the cabinet, is not effective on 
the wing. 
Teracolus etrida was abundant, the males appearing to 
be about twice as numerous as the females; they varied 
greatly in size, so much so that among the males the 
largest had nearly double the alar expansion of the 
smallest. Of 7. dulcis I took one female, and of 7’. amatus, 
var. modestus, two males. 
The only Zerias seen was leita. Belenois mescntina was 
abundant; a slight sweet scent was detected in one 
specimen. 
