502 Rev. K, St. Aubyn Rogers' Bionomic Notes on 



it is not an insect one would be likely to pass over. I 

 have taken in all three specimens which I send you, two 

 of" them being not quite perfect, whilst the third is as 

 good a specimen as one could wish for. All three were 

 taken in the same locality, on the site of the old capital of 

 the Rabai tribe (called New Rabai), which has long been 

 deserted, though it is still resorted to for sacrifices and 

 other superstitious practices. All three specimens were 

 taken in deep shade, and its flight seems heavy and feeble, 

 but as, in each case, I captured the specimen at first sight 

 I cannot say whether it would prove more active if it 

 were alarmed. I should say that this locality occupies the 

 top of a high hill just opposite the present town of Rabai, 

 with a deep ravine between, whilst on tlie other side there 

 is a precipitous descent of about 700 ft. almost to sea- 

 level. It is in part covered with forest and seems a 

 splendid locality.] 



[Eahai, July 29, 1906. All the specimens of U. tihe- 

 rius but one have been taken in almost exactly the same 

 spot. During the daytime it rests on trees with its wings 

 upright, and if alarmed goes off at a good rate, and dodg- 

 ing amongst the trees is soon lost to sight ; but it seems 

 to be an insect of sluggish habits, and I have never seen 

 them sporting together in the manner of U. waJcefieldi. I 

 took one specimen which had evidently retired for the 

 night resting on the under side of a leaf with its wings 

 hanging down.] 



[JRabai, May 9, 1908. The dry hot weather lasted on 

 till the middle of April when all insects were rather 

 scarce. It was noticeable that Uuojanthe tiherius was much 

 more wary and difficult to take than usual during this 

 time. When on the alert it has a provoking habit of 

 going off in the forest and settling on a tree-trunk some 

 20 or 30 yards away, and then when you stalk it with 

 great care it waits till you are nearly within reach and 

 then goes off and repeats the performance.] 



Aterica galcne, Brown, ^, may also be associated with 

 this among other combinations. The species is common 

 in woodland and forest areas on the Coast hills, where the 

 intense light and shade make it anything but conspicuous 

 when settled on the ground. The colour of the pale patch 

 on the hind-wing of the female varies considerably, being 

 sometimes white. The individuals with an ochreous patch 

 fall naturally into- the Ammiris echeria and albimaculata 



