410 On the habits of a species of Hair Streak. 



to which I have briefly alluded ; but I considered it of 

 sufficient interest to make it public, as shewing a differ- 

 ence of habits of the same butterfly in different localities. 



The fruit of the Leechee is subject to similar depre- 

 dations ; in this instance the egg is deposited by a small 

 moth (species not yet ascertained) and matured, the cater- 

 pillar is hatched, and it forms a groove for itself around 

 the hilum of the seed, as well as in the fleshy part of the 

 fruit, but this residence soon becomes too small for the 

 increased growth of the caterpillar, when it eats its way 

 into the seed, and in this situation undergoes its transfor- 

 mation. (Scytalia Lichi.) 



E. T. Downes. 



Calcutta, 12th Sept. 1841. 



P.S. — In your January number I find mention made by Captain 

 Jack, of the existence of the Tailor Bird at Neemuch. I merely call 

 your attention to it for the purpose of stating, that my friend Captain 

 Hutton, 37th Reg. N. I. gave an account of the birds and their nest 

 some years ago ; and if my memory is not treacherous, it was pub- 

 lished in the Asiatic Society's Transactions, but of this I will not be 

 certain, but I have read it somewhere. 



Memorandum as to manners of ffliizomys Badius, describ- 

 ed in No. 5. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Since the account of the Bay Bamboo Rat was furnished 

 to you, I have had one alive for several weeks, and been 

 enabled to observe a deal of his manners, because his easy 

 confident carriage towards mankind, and his slow pace, ren- 

 dered it possible to turn him loose without the least risk of 

 losing him. I never saw such another confident, saucy, and 

 yet entirely innocuous creature, except it be the Marmot of 

 Tibet, which greatly resembles it in this respect, as in others. 



The principal habitat of the Bamboo Rat is the Central 

 region, though it be also found in the Northern. The one 



