116 Dr. G. B. Longstaff’s Notes on the Butterflies 
used or not, it needs, as Solomon put it, to be “ plenty hot.” 
It was indeed hot enough for most Europeans, but not up 
to the exacting butterfly standard. However, next day 
the conditions were more favourable, and I found near 
what was left of Solomon’s decoys a number of ‘“ whites” 
and “ orange-tips.’ Accordingly I put down a few more 
decoys and walked away. After spending some time in 
vain endeavours to catch the conspicuous Hebomoia glau- 
cippe, L.—giant of orange-tips—which was careering wildly 
about in all directions, I returned to the decoy-place and 
sat down just within the reach of my six-feet net-stick. 
Catophaga paulina were there in abundance, but all males, 
mostly sitting quite close together, almost touching, with 
wings erect so that the “hook-tip” of the fore-wing was 
very conspicuous; in another cluster close by were from 
six to eight-Jaias marianne. 
It will perhaps give some idea of the numbers when I 
say that I quite easily netted five C. paulina in one swoop, 
and seven in another. 
Then Hebomoia glaucippe came along, reconnoitred the 
position with great circumspection, and settled warily fora 
second or two, but darted swiftly off at the least movement 
on my part. Nevertheless, with care and patience, I 
managed to secure a couple of specimens. My old friend 
Papilio erithonius came next and soon settled down a short 
distance away from the “whites,” he was shortly followed 
by another and yet another: they all settled close together, 
within a hand’s-breadth, forming an exclusive community 
and continued to drink steadily. All at once a blue-green 
flash, and Papilio telephus, Feld., sailed close past me ; again 
and again he came, and finally, looking askance at the 
vulgar assemblage of “whites” and “orange-tips,’ settled 
quite close to the P. erithonius, evidently preferring their 
more select company. This occurred several times. JP. 
telephus, when settled with wings erect, displayed an 
unexpected beauty, for, in place of the ebony and emeralds 
on the upper-surface, it shows beneath nothing but sheeny 
mother-of-pearl picked out with tiny rubies. By patient 
watching and judicious swooping I secured three specimens, 
and, be it remembered, these were all I saw that day. So 
much for water; what share the decoys had in my success 
it is hard to say, but Mr. K. E. Green, of Peradeniya, told 
me that decoys were efficacious, and Mr. Denton, of Regent 
Street, says that he has used even paper decoys with success. 
