254 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [Apr. 21, 



eluded that the Moths of temperate climates did not care for them. 

 However, after a number of experiments I began to succeed, and am 

 doing very well now, so I wish I had persevered longer on Japoo in 

 July. 



" One great drawback was the nervousness brought on by over- 

 much climbing. Every night I went out with baits I never slept a 

 wink, and my men were afraid of tigers and Nagas, and scamped 

 their work unless I was with them. 1 had previously thought that 

 Bombyces never came to baits, except Syntomis, and a few Agaris- 

 tidise and Arctiidse, any more than the Tineidse do. Now I think 

 that nearly all Moths (Macros) will occasionally come to good baits 

 well placed, except perhaps Saturniidse, which apparently never 

 feed. 



" Sweet baits I find best for Noctuas and nasty ones for Geo- 

 meters and Pyrales. The greatest difiiculty is that the best baits 

 will only attract Moths from a short distance, not like lights, and 

 consequently to obtain good species one must put them in virgin 

 forest, so that the fatigue and worry is enormous. 



"On the other hand, I have concluded that lights are a failure. 

 Taken into the jungle my big lamps simply frighten away Moths, 

 and even in a white tent they only attract a few little Noctuae. I 

 am inclined to think that Moths have to be gradually accustomed to 

 lights. In a large station they get used to coming to lighted 

 houses, especially those that are lighted every night. At Kohima 

 the dak bungalow is far better situated for Moths than any other 

 house, and my lamps were the best in the station, but I always had 

 to go to other peoples' houses for Moths. In coffee-plantations the 

 Moths would keep beating agaist the windows of the bungalow, 

 though, there might be only a candle or two inside, while my tent 

 in the jungle close by, lit with a good lamp, attracted not a single 

 insect." 



These notes will be very interesting and useful to collectors, 

 but the Moths collected in the Naga Hills are far too numerous to be 

 described in this paper, although I hope to deal with them as soon 

 as possible. After leaving the Naga Hills Mr. Doherty spent six 

 weeks in Calcutta and Darjihng and then proceeded to Perak, 

 where he stayed but a short time. As this locality is well known 

 and I have mentioned the most interesting of his captures in their 

 order, I need say nothing more. After leaving Perak he went to 

 Rangoon and started on an expedition to the Karen Hills, where he 

 remained for some weeks at Peti-chaung, and wrote to me as follows 

 on April 1 6th : — 



" I have been collecting since March I7tli in the Karen Hills east 

 of Toungoo. I see Mr. Grose Smith has described some Karen 

 species sent him by Mr. Noble, who does not know exactly where 

 they came from. I think it was from Kaserdo or Kacherdo, called 

 by the Burmese Taung-gyi, ' the big hill ' ; an isolated hill 1500 feet 

 high 10 miles east of Toungoo, and quite in the plain of Pegu. My 

 collection is from several places 30 or 40 miles east of Toungoo. I 

 would label everything simply 'East Pegu' with the elevation, as the 



