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species, and not a seasonal form either of C. armada, Moore, of C. hybrida, 

 Butler, or of C. scanda, Kollar. 



Mrs. S. ROBSON. 

 Bankipoke, 1th February, 1894. 



Note by Mr. de Niceville. 

 Mrs. Robson is to be congratulated on her discovery for the first time of the 

 egg, larva, and pupa of a species of Callerebia. Until now no one had succeeded 

 in doing so. From her account of the life-history of C. nirmala, it is evident 

 that, like nearly all the temperate species of Satyrince, the species of Callerebia 

 occurring in the Himalayas are only single-brooded ; so with them there can be 

 no question of seasonal forms. It is further obvious that they hybernate in 

 the larva state, as, but for the fact that Mrs. Robson brought her living lame 

 in the autumn from the cold Himalayas to the hot plains and thus forced them 

 to premature perfection, there is no doubt that the butterflies, instead of 

 emerging from the pupa in February, would have done so in June, thus com- 

 pleting the full cycle of a year, the larvae in a state of nature attaining their 

 full size and pupating in the spring after the winter hybernation. 



No. IV. -PS AMMOPHIS LONGIFRONS. 



On page 406 of Vol. VII of our journal there is an interesting account of a 

 fine specimen of the above secured by Father Dreckmann. I am glad to be 

 able to present the society with a specimen new to the collection. The snake 

 was caught by myself in the Umargaon Taluka of Thanna, a few miles from 

 the coast and from the Damanganga River, in April, 1891. It was found in 

 grass on a dry and rocky little hill, and tried to escape by taking refuge in 

 the ground. It was very agile, and nearly succeeded. Father Dreckmann has 

 the credit of discovering the arboreal habits of this snake, but it is probably 

 as much at home on the ground. More information is needed, but in any 

 case it is most interesting that a snake of so desert a type as Psammophis 

 should be found in forest trees in the moist climate of Kalyan. 



F. GLEADOW. 



POONA, February, 1894. 



No. V.— THE FLAMINGO BREEDING IN INDIA. 

 I send you a letter which I received some time ago from the Rao 

 Sahib of Cutch together with several eggs of the Flamingo (Phcenicopterus 

 antiquoruni). 



BHUJ, 5th October, 1893. 

 My dear Mr. Lester, 



I have caused a letter to be sent to Khadir to inquire the name of the spot where the 

 Flamingo's eggs were found and shall let you know when an answer is received. In the 

 meantime I have looked up the letter which came with the eggs sent last year by the official 

 at Khadir. This letter is dated 23rd October, and I received with it about 20 eggs and two 

 recently hatched flamingoes. The eggs were easy to blow, as the young ones were not 

 formed inside. From this it seems safe to conclude that the flamingoes lay in September and 



