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new species of Deudorix, D. dariaves, D. din- 

 ochares, and D. dinomenes, by patiently waiting 

 for them in one particular spot. 



Others appear to take a large round, perhaps 

 occupying half-an-hour, and Papilio Colonna is 

 a very good instance of this ; it usually flies very 

 low, round and through the bushes, inquisitively 

 searching about in all the nooks and corners 

 formed by the low scrub, occasionally resting for 

 a little time, its pretty white-tipped tails showing- 

 most conspicuously as it flies. 



The large and handsome P. Merope, pale 

 sulphur yellow with black bordering and mark- 

 ings, flies rather curiously when near the ground, 

 the wings always seeming to be spread out quite 

 flat, and I am somehow always irresistibly re- 

 minded of Hablot K. Browne's drawing of the 

 Misses Kenwigs in "Nicholas Nickleby" when- 

 ever I see them flying, their tails looking so 

 like the young ladies' celebrated plaits and frilled 

 trousers. P. Merope is a perfect Turk in the 

 number and beauty of his wives, who are tailless 

 and varied in colour. The most common is 



