Observed in a tour through India and Ceylon. 138 
Colombo, at sea level. 
March 25th and 26th, 1904. 
Following Mr. Green’s advice I went to the Museum and 
was well rewarded, though too pressed for time to reap all 
that I might have got by a more deliberate examination of 
the local collection of butterflies. 
My collecting-grounds at Colombo were the Victoria 
Park, much exposed to the sea wind; the old Cinnamon 
Garden, said to be much worked for insects by the Museum 
“boys”; and the old Dutch Cemetery. None of these 
were very promising or very productive. 
However, I saw here for the first time in Ceylon Limnas 
chrysippus; I also netted one Parantica ceylonica, and 
missed what I feel certain was a Hestia, probably jasonia, 
Westw., which is, I believe, common at Colombo. 
Precis atlites was common in the Dutch Cemetery but 
worn, so was P. almana, nearly all of the wet-season form, 
P asterie, Lone specimen however was dwarfed and 
another was of the “ dry” form with the ocelli rudimentary. 
P. almana would appear to be the more prevalent species 
in Ceylon and Southern India, where it replaces P. orithyia, 
so universal in the North. 
I saw several Delias ewcharis in the Victoria Park, and 
once more noticed their fondness for lofty flowering trees ; 
those taken were males. In the same place I missed what 
I think must have been the catil/la form of Catopsi!ia 
pomona; its congener pyranthe was common and I took 
two males. Once more 7'elchinia viole was common, but 
of Papilio aristolochie I have only one to record. Of 
YVphthima ceylonica 1 took two. 
Of the Blues there were several species; Nacaduba 
noreia, Feld., was very abundant and decidedly gregarious, 
it positively swarmed in Victoria Park, though good 
specimens were scarce. Hveres argiades, Butl., var. parhasius, 
Fab., and Zizera karsandra, Moore, were also both of them 
abundant. I took also a single worn specimen of Castalius 
rosimon, Fab, 
English i is more spoken in Ceylon than in most parts of 
India, but the Cingalese appear more noted for fluency 
than accuracy ; the inner meaning of the following 
apparently strange request of a lad is easy to fathom: 
“Master, buy some butterflies, ready-made.” On getting 
back to the hotel from an entomological expedition one of 
