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only species of the genus captured in the Darjiling district); single 
examples of Neptis aceris , N. astola and N. varmona ; Symbrenthia 
lucina , common; Lampides celeno form alexis, also common ; Ganoris 
canidia, a female; Huphina nadina, a male, about 3000 ft.; II. 
nerissa, a male, about 2500 ft.; Tachyris hippo , a very fine female; 
Terias hecabe , abundant, two males, one of them dwarfed, were 
of the variety without the “ dog’s head.” 
(2) At altitudes of 2000 ft. to 1500 ft.:—Here I took Catopsilia 
pyranthe , a male; Yphthima marshalli, two ; Huphina nerissa , worn 
males, common; Precis lemonias, several; Terias libythea , common; 
and the Blue, Zizera otis. 
At about 3.30 p.m., I watched a fine specimen of Papilio aristo - 
lochiae flying very slowly about herbage, apparently seeking for a 
resting-place for the night, just as I had seen P. pammon doing at 
Khairna on November 18th; near the same place I missed two 
specimens of a black and white Danaine. 
(3) A little way above Sukna, perhaps at about 700 ft. above 
sea-level, Orsolriaena meda was in the greatest abundance in a deeply- 
shaded wood; this typical shade-lover is sluggish, yet it was on 
the move later than most things (for it was just before sundown), but 
when kicked up from ferns or other low herbage it did not fly more 
than two or three yards. It varies greatly in the pale streak on the 
under-side, which may be white and very conspicuous or almost 
obsolete; this is quite independent of season, for my specimens were 
all distinctly “ dry.” One specimen exhibits a well-marked bite out 
of the hind margin of both hind-wings above the anal angle, the 
injuries on both sides corresponding closely. 
It was dark when I reached Sukna station, 500 ft. above sea-level, 
and fireflies, Luciola sp., were flitting about on all sides. A flare, 
lighted just before the arrival of the train, attracted many moths, of 
which I secured a large sharp-winged transparent Pyrale, Gydcdima 
conchylalis , Guen.; and the wide-ranging Noctua, Prodenia littoralis 
Boisd. In the train, immediately after starting I bottled a male 
winged ant, Dorylus juvenculus, Shuck., one of the most strange-look- 
ing insects that I have met with. 
Thus closed my short Darjiling campaign, and leaving behind 
with much regret the Buddhist priests and their prayer-wheels, the 
cheery but dirty Lepchas and Bhutias, with their turquoise-bedecked 
women folk, and above all the awe-inspiring Himalaya, we steamed 
away into the darkness over the monotonous plain of Bengal. 
