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Of more or less disagreeable odours, probably not confined 

 to one sex, the following were noted : — 



Acraeinae. Scent. 



Acraea violae, Fabr. g. Straw ; very faint. 



Nymphalinae. 



C ethos ia nietneri, Feld. $. Ammoniacal. 



Hypolimnas bolina, Linn. <J. Straw ; slight. 



Papilioxinae. 



Papilio pammon, Linn. <£. " Kitchen sink." 

 Eurycus cressida, Fabr. £. Distinctly acrid. 



., „ ,, ?. Ammoniacal in the field, 



afterwards musky. 



The musky odour of E. cressida $ had been previously 

 observed by Commander J. J. Walker. Of Yphthima ceylonica, 

 Hew., Dr. Longstaff noted (" Butterfly Hunting in Many 

 Lands," 1912, p. 500) that " in a few males of this abundant 

 species a very slight scent of chocolate was detected." The 

 present speaker had found a distinct smell of chocolate, some- 

 times strong, in more than half of the males examined. He 

 was also able to confirm another observation of Dr. Longstaff 

 (loc. cit., p. 505), who records " a sweet flowery scent in two 

 males " of Nacaduba atrata, Horsf. Dr. Dixey found in the 

 male of this Lycaenid a " distinct flowery odour still per- 

 ceptible on the day after capture." It might also be worth 

 noting that of four specimens examined of Neptis varmona, 

 Moore, one appeared to have a slight flowery odour. In this 

 species no scent was recognised by Dr. Longstaff. The power- 

 ful odour of Catopsilia pyranthe, Linn., to which attention was 

 first called by Wood-Mason, and which had been variously 

 compared to that of jasmine, Polianthes tuberose/,, Stephanotis 

 and Freesia (see Longstaff, loc. cit., p. 506) was abundantly 

 present in male specimens caught at Colombo. 



Results with Danainae were somewhat indefinite. Dr. 

 Longstaff {loc. cit., pp. 495-497) had recorded in a male of 

 Tirumala limniace, Cram., " a very faint scent, suggesting old 

 cigar-boxes." Observations on other occasions were doubtful 



