122. Dr. G. B. Longstaff’s Notes on the Butterflies 
leaf insect, young snakes, etc., and above all he gave me 
some very useful advice. Peradeniya, he said, was not as 
rich a locality as Kandy; and, as regarded the highlands 
of Ceylon, he told me that, at any rate at that time of the 
year, Lepidoptera were for the most part confined to 
certain favoured spots, which it was unlikely that I should 
hit upon. He therefore strongly recommended me to 
concentrate my attention on “Lady Horton’s Drive” at 
Kandy. 
Kandy, alt. 1500 ft. 
March 11th—15th, 1904. 
On the south side of the artificial lake at Kandy stand 
some low hills, covered for the most part with natural 
forests, through which have been cut a number of roads 
named after the wives of former governors. Lady Horton’s 
Drive is one of these, which runs about half-way up the 
hill, winding around its southern and eastern slopes. A 
wide road, bounded on either side with forest of rich 
and varied tropical growth, lying fully open to the morn- 
ing sun, commanding moreover a glorious view over 
groves of palms to the bluest of distant hills, it affords an 
almost ideal collecting-ground. The climate of Kandy, 
so far as I experienced it, is delightful, tropical heat 
tempered by elevation, and with a pleasant softness in the 
air, yet free from the excessive damp of many places within 
the tropics. Its vegetation is by far the richest that I had 
seen. My pleasure in collecting in this earthly paradise 
was greatly enhanced by the companionship of Mr. W. G. 
Freedley, junr.,a Philadelphia gentleman who had been 
collecting butterflies in Borneo, Celebes, Japan, Macao, ete. 
In such a locality it was perhaps to be expected that 
Pierines would not be dominant, at any rate so it was. 
By far the commonest of the family was Catopsilia pomona, 
of which the males were very abundant, but strong fliers 
and by no means easy to catch. We remarked that they 
usually all flew in the same direction, and that uphill. 
As the females were comparatively scarce one was not 
surprised to see more than once signs of jealousy on the 
part of the males. I detected a slight jasmine-like scent 
in the male on stroking the “scent tufts” on the hind- 
wings. <A female Zerias hecabe had apparently been 
bitten in both hind-wings when at rest, the injuries being 
