Observed in a tour through India and Ceylon. 119 
females, by far the less common sex, at all events in 
collections. Of Huphina nerissa I took one of each sex. 
Terias hecabe was abundant. 
The most striking fact about the butterflies of Trichin- 
apali was the predominance of the genus Zeracolus; of 
these I met with three species: 7. ewcharis was in abund- 
ance, but I find my specimens comprise eight males to 
two females; of 7’. etrida I took two males; and I was 
greatly delighted to see here for the first time that truly 
exquisite little gem the crimson-tipped 7. dande. It 
proved to be rather common, and I secured two of each 
sex. It is one of the most “elegant flies” that I have 
ever seen alive. 
Precis orithyia was common, the specimens small and 
brilliant ; P. /emonias was in larger numbers than I met 
with anywhere else, in fact quite abundant; Z7golis 
ariadne was common; I netted a pair of Hypanis iithyia 
in copuld, one was of the “wet-season” form, the other 
“imtermediate’”” tending to “wet.” As usual Zelchinia 
vole was common. 
I took here one specimen of that beautiful Lyczenid 
with the under-side striped like a tiger, Spindasis vulcanus. 
This is one of the butterflies with an anal lobe to the 
secondaries, but unfortunately I had not an opportunity of 
observing it at rest. Lampides celeno, Cr.. was common ; 
some smaller and dingy Blues were abundant, Zizera otis, 
Fab., var. indica, Murray, and Chilades varunana, Moore, 
thought by De Nicéville to be the wet-season form of 
C. laius. I also took one specimen of a small bright 
golden Skipper, Ampittia maro, Fab. 
Tanjir, lat. 10° 47’ N., alt. 350 ft. or less. 
March 6th, 1904. 
The predominant genus of the plains of Southern 
Madras would appear to be Yeracolus, which was repre- 
sented in my envelopes from Tanjur by a inale 7. e¢rida, 
a pair,of 7. ewcharis, and five males and two females of 
my favourite crimson-tip, 7. dande, which was quite 
common. 
Of Catopsilia pyranthe I took a dwarf male of the 
intermediate form. TZerias hecabe was common, and I took 
a very large female [over 1:8 inches in expanse, it was 
