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Acanthacex, and is not the food plant of the larva.* The 
under-side of the hind-wing of the butterfly varies almost 
as much as the discoloured leaves, and the resemblance is 
general, that is to say, 1t is not a definite case of leaf- 
imitation. It should be noted that a coloured sketch of 
the leaves was made at the time, but in the absence of 
the butterfly, to avoid any tendency to exaggerate the 
resemblance. Mr. H. Knight’s drawing is quite admirable. 
Of Teracolus achine, Cram., we took a male; of JZ. 
omphale, Godt., two of each sex; but we naturally paid 
more attention to the beautiful ‘‘ Purple-tips,’ Zeracolus 
speciosus, Wallgr. [Butler named the dry ferm of this 
butterfly jobina, and considered the wet form to be the 
zone of Godart.] This was not uncommon, and we secured 
six males and two females; during its flight, which is 
rapid, it looks like an ordinary white, the purple not 
showing on the wing. 
Of Zerias regularis, Butl., we took a male, and of 7. 
senegalensis, Boisd., a female, both dry. 
We managed to get two specimens of Papilio policenes, 
Cram., but one of them was sadly battered; also one male 
of P. dardanus, Brown, f. cenea, Stoll; a specimen of P. 
nireus, Linn., f. /yeus, Dbl., was easily secured flying ‘low 
down when a cloud passed over the sun. 
Curiously enough we took but a solitary Blue, Virachola 
antalus, Hoptt.t 
Single specimens of the Skippers Gegenes zetterstedte, 
Waller, a female; Gomalia albofasciata, Moore, and 
Baoris fatuellus, Hopff., were taken, the last named settled 
on a leaf in the sun, with the wings fully expanded; also 
two Kedestes macoma, Trim. 
We kicked up from grass, etc, two specimens of the 
exceedingly variable Noctua Ophiusa lienardi, Boisd., one 
of them settled upon the ground; in like manner we 
turned up a battered example of the restless Noctua 
Renigia repanda, Fabr., and found another at rest upon a 
leaf in the full sun. Here we took our first specimen of 
that beautiful Catocaline, the steel-blue and orange yellow 
* Some further particulars were given when attention was first 
called to the matter. See Lonastarr, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1906, 
pp. 1138, 114; but the Plate was not ready in time to be issued with 
that paper. 
{See Lonasrarr, Some Rest-Attitudes of Butterflies, Trans, Ent. 
Soc. Lond. 1906, p. 108. 
