514 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST, SOCIETY, Vol. XXVIII, 
obtained from the Secretary for Rs, 2 ; I hope to revise it soon, if the Secretary 
will accept publication. 
27. I will close this article, which already seems to me too long, with a few 
notes on where to look for butterflies and on the various localities that a collector 
may have an opportunity to visit. Flower gardens in general attract numbers 
of butterflies, but, generally the rarer species are not to be found there. As a 
rule the collector must get into the jungle ; beat the bushes and see what comes 
out ; inspect flowers and especially flowering bushes most cautiously and care- 
fully ; don’t neglect looking at carrion or manure ; wet patches often attract 
butterflies in crowds ; going along nallahs with running water is a paying busi- 
ness ; males of rare species are often to be found on the tops of hills, especially 
towards midday. Don’t try and catch a fast-flying large butterfly ; you will 
only damage him ; watch where he sits and then have at him ; many butterflies, 
unless seriously disturbed, return again and again to the same spot and with ade- 
quate patience can be secured easily. Keep your eyes wide open as you walk 
along and if a butterfly gets up before you can catch him, chase him to see where 
he sits next and then stalk him warily ; rapid movement is the one thing he can 
really see best and if he does not understand it, he runs away. 
28. Starting with the extreme South, my personal acquaintance with Ceylon 
is limited to a week’s visit to Kandy in September where, in Lady Horton’s walk, 
butterflies galore are to be obtained, if you can manage to defeat the leeches, 
which are more persistent than any I have ever met. Here one sees the large 
Papilionids, ornithoptera and polymnestor in comparative abundance. But 
for full information regarding Ceylon I would refer the collector to an excellent 
account of the Ceylon butterflies by Mr. W. Ormiston which appeared in “ Spolia 
Zeylanica ”’ in 1918. I have never visited Travancore, but a certain very pecu- 
liar Satyrid, Parantirrhea marshallii, is only to be found there ; a list of the 
butterflies appeared in Vol. 6 of the journal. I spent 6 weeks at Kodai Kanal 
some years ago in August to October and an account of the butterflies will be 
found in Vol. 20 ; Kodai Kanal is a most delightful hill station in the Palni Hills 
and deserves to be better known. On the top of the plateau not many butter- 
flies are to be seen, but a rather special fritillary, Argynnis hyperbius castetsi, 
is only to be found there. In Tiger sholah good collecting is to be done and a 
certain Satyrid, Mycalesis oculus, peculiar to this part of India, is to be found 
there in swarms. At the bottom of the plateau, just above Krishnamanaikam 
tope or the tope for short, any quantity of good butterflies are to be caught ; I 
have never seen so many butterflies in my life as on the road 2 miles above the 
tope on a bright day after heavy rain the night before. Coming further North 
is the little province of Coorg, which is an excellent district ; the late Mr. F. 
Hannyngton published an account of the butterflies in Vol. 24. I have never 
visited the Nilgiris and refer the collector to a most comprehensive list published 
by Sir G. Hampson in the Journal of the Asiatic Society in 1888. The North 
Kanara district is again a most fertile country and a full account of the butterflies 
with descriptions and figures of the early stages appeared in Vol. 10 of the 
Journal. For Poona see P. Z. 8S. 1885; for the Konkan Journal Vol. 15 ; for 
Matheran Journal Vol. 8; for Cutch Vol. 12; for Mhow P. Z.S. 1886. An 
excellent list of the butterflies of the Central Provinces was published in 
volumes 5 and 6 by Mr. J. A. Betham. I spent a number of years at Jabalpur 
and strongly recommend the neighbourhood of what are known as the temples 
along the Nerbada road as a good collecting ground, especially during the 
monsoon and in the Spring ; there are a number of flowering trees, which are 
very attractive to butterflies. Pachmarhi is a very interesting locality, where 
much work remains to be done ; two Satyrids are peculiar to it, but its chief 
interest lies in the fact that it is the meeting place for the North Eastern 
and the Southern fauna ; the best localities are Jumbo Deep, Waters Meet 
and Dhupgarh, but there are lots of others. I believe the Northern districts 
