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Sikkim and a good list of the butterflies was published by DéNiceville in the 
Gazetteer of Sikkim, 1894. I spent April and May here some years ago and added 
considerably to my collection, but:a lifetime is required to get to the end of the 
species to be obtained in this prolifi¢ area. Senchal or Tiger Hill yields the 
magnificent T'einopalpus and the Teesta valley simply swarms with butterflies. 
For Cachar see J. A. 8. B. 1886 ; Khasi Hills T. E. 8. 1893 ; Abor country Vol. 
23 ; Mishmi Hills Vol. 22 ; Manipur and Naga Hills Vol. 21 and 23. Coming to 
Burma there are the following lists ; Chin Hills Vol. 10 ; Tharrawaddy Vol. 25; 
Shan States T. E.S. 1890; Karen Hills P. Z. 8.1891; Tenasserim J. A. S. B. 
1886 ; Tavoy Vol. 27 ; Mergui J. Linnean Society Vol. 21. 
32. During the winter of 1920-21 my wife and I spent a most delightful 5 
months in Burma catching butterflies and I strongly recommend others to follow 
ourexample. We started off with Thandaung in the Karen hills at the end of Oc- 
tober, but were a little late for the top of the hills; September, October, March 
and April are the best months. Onthe top of Thandaung-gyi, Teinopalpus 
is to be caught and other good collecting grounds are the Circular road and the 
neighbourhood of the cemetery, also round the dak bangalow. The road down 
to Toungoo is a magnificent collecting ground more especially in the neighbour- 
hood of Shwenyaungbyin, the forest down to Pettichaung and the neighbourhood 
of the latter place. In manyways the Thandaung ghat is one of the best collect- 
ing places in the Indian Empire ; it is the meeting place of the Chinese and the 
Malayan elements and possesses a number of species or well defined races, that 
do not appear to be found elsewhere. We then spent a month in the Tavoy dis- 
trict partly at Kanbauk, near the Heinze basin and partly at Pagaiye, 10 miles 
inland from Tavoy town. At Kanbauk the happy hunting grounds are the hills 
on either side of the Wolfram mines and the mangrove swamp bordering on the 
Heinze basin, where the stately Hestia is to be seen sailing to andfro. At Pagaiye 
the hill top just beyond the village is a wonderful place for rare species, while 
the valley South of the river is a good collecting ground. The end of December 
we spent as guests of the Burma Para Rubber Company on King Island, Mergui ; 
the edges of the plantations, where the virgin jungle commences, were full of 
butterflies and more especially along the Nallah at the North East corner ; wild 
ageratum was in flower and attracted crowds. We then proceeded to Moul- 
mein, up the river to Kyondo and on to Kawkareik, whence we marched over 
the Dawna range and stopped at Thingannyanyaung on the Siam side at the 
foot of the hills. The old path from this place to within a few miles of Kawka- 
reik is a magnificent hunting ground, while the cart road up to Sukhali is full of 
good species; Misty Hollow on the top of the Dawnas yields a few species not 
found elsewhere. We finished up with Upper Burma, but found we were rather 
too early in the year to catch the best species in that area ; a few good butter- 
flies were obtained at the top of the waterfall at Anisakan below Maymyo and 
in the valley above Loi-An near Kalaw ; the road from Kalaw to Thazi contains 
several good hunting grounds. I may add that many good butterflies have come 
from the Ruby mine district, North of Mandalay and from the foot of the hills 
near Bhamo. For a visit of this sort I may say that a friend in Rangoon, who 
knows Burma is a very great asset ; we were lucky and are eternally grateful to 
all our friends for what they did to make our visit a success. 
33. I may say that I have been collecting butterflies in India for 23 years 
and my interest increases as the years go on, my only regret being that I did not 
make better use of my earlier opportunities. I am a hard working individual at 
my profession and find that the pursuit of my hobby is the best rest possible from 
the cares of work, both during the periods I am at work and during the few spells 
of leave I have been able to obtain. It is a healthy out-door pursuit, with occu- 
pition for the evenings, and not only that, but I can look forward to plenty to 
do when I retire. I most strongly recommend anyone who has read through 
this article to take it up and can promise that the Society will give him or her 
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