110 Dr. G. B. Longstaff’s Notes on the Butterflies 
Out of the grass I kicked up Zephrina catalaunaria, 
Guen.,a pretty little Macariid Geometer Semiothisa swbalhi- 
taria, Swinhoe, and Sterrha paullula, Swinhoe. The 
common dragon-fly, Orthetrum sabina, Dru., and a bug, 
Eysarcocoris guttigera, Thunb., completed the tenants of the 
garden. 
A number of things came to light, viz. :—Detopeia 
pulchella, the Ocneriad, Hnome detersa, Walk., a Noctua, 
Ericeia inangulata, Guen.,a Pyrale, Schanobius bipunctifera, 
Walk., and a tiny Quadrifid Noctua Raparna lactea, 
Swinhoe, as well as two bugs, Acanthaspis apicata, Dist., 
and Dieuches uniguttatus, Thunb., the former apparently a 
scarce insect since the national collection contains the type 
only. There was in addition to these a sma!l ochreous 
narrow-winged Geometer to which I have not been able to 
assign a name, and an ichneumon, Henicospilus, sp. In 
fact one evening swarms of insects came to light, including 
many mosquitos, but these appeared to be all Culez, 
fortunately no Anopheles. 
Bangaliz, lat. 13° N., alt. 3100 ft. 
February 23rd, 1904. 
The change of trains at this large military station gave 
me an hour or two’s collecting in the extensive public 
gardens. There was rather a high wind which was against 
a good day, but the afternoon proved interesting since it 
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gave me the first glimpse at the “ Ceylon” fauna. Here I 
saw for the first time that very striking black, white, and 
orange Lycenid, Zalicada nyseus, Gier., as well as the 
huge and magnificent Papilio polymnestor, Cram. [ parinda, 
Moore], a tiuly gorgeous monster in which a pale lilac is 
the prevailing colour trimmed with black. 
The only other things noted were more ordinary, to wit 
Catopsilia pomona, a female, Crastia core, several Telchinia 
viole, Nychitona xiphia, an abundance of Neptis varmona, 
and one Neptis yumba, Moore. 
The Nilgiris, lat. 11° N. 
February 24th—March 3rd, 1904. 
The Nilgiris, or Blue Mountains, rising abruptly from 
the plain, itself nearly 2000 ft. above the sea, form a 
