BANKAPUE 
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BANKAPtfR, lat. 25° 30' N., alt. circa 250 ft. 
December 22nc1, 1903—January 3rd, 1904. 
In absolute contrast to Darjiling, BankaptJr, the civil station of 
the great city of Patna, is situated on the level, monotonous, and 
highly-cultivated plain of the Ganges, affording little harbour for 
butterflies, so that a fortnight’s stay with old friends at the hospitable 
parsonage yielded small entomological results. 
In spite of these unpromising surroundings, Danaida chrysippus 
was common, and in company with it Hypolimnas misippus, of which 
I saw several males and secured one female, the latter such a close 
mimic of chrysippus that even the small white spots on the thorax 
and head are reproduced. 
Of Tirumala limniacc I saw a solitary example, of Crastia core , 
two; but the other very common Danaine, Danaida plexippus , was 
abundant in a mango orchard, and distinctly gregarious in its habits. 
It has rather an unpleasant scent, but whether or no it is confined to 
one sex I unfortunately did not notice. 
The Satyrids were represented by a solitary Mycalesis persons; the 
Swallow-tails by Papilio pammon , worn, P. aristolochiae, and P. de- 
moleus, the last a specially flower-loving species. Precis was repre¬ 
sented by four species: almana , one of them with large pieces, in 
part corresponding, bitten out of each hind-wing; oenone, one; lemo- 
nias, several; and orithyia , several, the latter all small. Single 
specimens of the common and generally distributed Atella phalantha 
and Ergolis merione were seen in gardens. A fine Limenitis procris 
was taken sipping toddy from a palm; the first shot missed him, 
but he foolishly returned to his fatal liquor. 
Of Oatopsilia pyranthe I took two males and a female. One of 
the former when held fluttering beneath my nostrils gave out a 
strong scent that instantly brought greenhouses to my mind, then my 
own greenhouse, then Polianthes tuberosa (barbarously termed by 
nurserymen “ Tuber Eose ”), and lastly Jasmine. I do not think that 
I ever smelt so distinct a scent in a butterfly, always excepting the 
male of Ganoris napi. The other male pyranthe I held under my 
nose while I stroked the “ feather-tufts ” of the hind-wing; this at 
once elicited the odour of jasmine, further confirming the observation 
of Wood-Mason. 
Two males of Huphina nerissa bear the following notes: “ Scented, 
not like napi, more like rapae ; ” and “ this specimen had a scent 
like P. rapae, i.e. of the sweet-briar type.” Again a female of Delias 
