— 0 — 
M. Horne a qui le Secretaire s’etait adresse pour s’infor- 
mer si la plante existe au jar din des Pamplemousses, lui a fait 
la reponse suivante : 
20 th May 1873. 
Dear Mr Bouton, 
“ AVe have not the Notonia grand /folia in the garden. I am 
going to write to Madras and Calcutta for it by the mail. 
The genus is closely allied to Cacalia of which there are 
3 species nat ive of Mauritius. The discovery of a real antidote 
to hydrophobia or snake bite would be a great blessing to 
suffering humanity and one of the most beneficial discoveries 
of the age. ” 
5. — La note suivante sur quelques insectes, crustacecs et 
poissons de Maurice est communiquee par M. V. ltobillard : 
lo. Tin lepidoptere, decrit par Boisduval, sous le nom de 
Salamis Augustina , et qui d’apres lui se trouve a Maurice, a 
Madagascar et a la Reunion. 
11 a ete trouve aussi a Maurice, par le naturaliste Bo- 
land Trimen, qui y a fait un sejour de quelques semaines. 11 
en a donne une notice, qu’il a presentee en Septembre I860, 
a 1 'Entomological Society of London , et voici ce qu’il en dit : 
“ This fine and very peculiar looking butterfly is only 
known to occur in Madagascar, Bourbon and Mauritius. In 
the latter Island it is rare and according to Mr Maillard, 
is seldom to be met with in Bourbon. I saw some exam- 
ples in the Port-Louis Museum, and two or three, much da- 
maged by insects, in a case of lepidopters collected in Pam- 
plemousses Gardens, by the son of the Superintendent. Mr 
Colville Barclay gave me one of two specimens in his posses- 
sion, taken at Moka. ” 
