144 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON INDIAN LEPIDOPTERA. [Apr. 3, 



of this I will not be so positive as I am on the two other points, 

 I have never heard of Bos frontalis being found even in a semi- 

 domesticated state in Sylhet. Having lived for years in surrounding 

 districts and knowing many persons who have lived in the district, I 

 think indeed it is more than possible I should have heard if this 

 animal is found in Sylhet or not." 



Mr. Sclater observed that though he had always wondered at the 

 exceeding tameness of captured specimens of this supposed Wild 

 Ox, the fact that the Gayal w.is nowhere found in a wild state was 

 quite new to him, and that, as regards the geographical distribution 

 of this and Bos gaurus, he was quite willing to assent to Mr. Sarbo's 

 corrections of his statements. 



Mr. Sclater called attention to the skin of a brown Crow (Oorvus), 

 which had been sent to him for examination by Mr. Albert A. C. 

 Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., of the Zoological and Acclimatization Society 

 of Melborne. Mr. Le Souef had written of it as follows : — 



" It was shot in Riverina. The gentleman who killed it sent me 

 a similar bird alive about two years ago ; and it lived in confinement 

 about a year. On its death I showed it to Prof. McCoy of the 

 Melbourne University ; and that gentleman, after a careful examina- 

 tion, pronounced it an alhino specimen of the Common Crow {Corvus 

 australis). Its eyes, however, were brown like the colour of the 

 feathers, in fact darker. My up-country friend moreover informs 

 me that he has frequently seen these brown Crows in pairs, and 

 has now sent me down the present skin." 



Mr. Sclater said that he was inclined to agree with Prof. McCoy 

 that the bird in question was only a variety in plumage of Corvus 

 australis; and remarked that such varieties, although rare in a natural 

 state, were by no means unknown, as witness the two creamy-coloured 

 specimens of Polyborus brasiliensis formerly living in the Society's 

 Gardens ^. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. On a Collection of Indian Lepidoptera received from 

 Lieut. -Colonel Charles Swinhoe ; with numerous Notes 

 by the Collector. By Arthur G. Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 



&c. 



[Received March 21, 1883.] 



(Plate XXIV.) 



During the year 1882 I received from Col. Swinhoe (then resident 



at Mhow) several boxes of Lepidoptera collected by ^him and his 



assistants, chiefly at Kurrachee, Solun, and Mhow, between the years 



1879 and 1882. As usual with large series from an extended area, 



' See P. Z. S. 1876, p. 333, et 1878, p. 232. 



