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Bombay, lat. 19° N., near sea-level. 
February 10th, 1904. 
In an hour’s visit to the Victoria Gardens, where insects were 
fairly numerous, I got Papilio demoleus , P. aristolochiae, Neptis var- 
mona , and Nepheronia hippia, a female, the last-named mimicking 
Tirumala. 
On February 15 th I was much interested in watching the move¬ 
ments of a solitary butterfly in the small public garden of the 
University, in the heart of the city. It appeared to be a large 
Catopsilia , possibly the catilla form of pomona, but at any rate 
of a general greenish-yellow colour; when disturbed it invariably 
settled in one or other of several small shrubs with yellow leaves, 
when it would vanish quite suddenly. It was only after several 
attempts that I succeeded in getting a glimpse of it when settled, 
so strong was the protective resemblance. 1 
Bijapuk, lat. 17° N., alt. circa 1500 ft. 
February 16th and 17th, 1904. 
This was further south than I had yet collected, but the scanty 
vegetation among the ruins seemed too parched to yield very much. 
The most prevalent genera here, as at so many places where thorns, 
burrs, rocks, and ruins predominated, were Belenois and Teracolus , 
the last a genus which, though beautiful in the cabinet, is not 
effective on the wing. 
Teracolus etrida was abundant, the males appearing to be about 
twice as numerous as the females; they varied greatly in size, so 
much so that among the males the largest had nearly double the alar 
expansion of the smallest. Of T. dulcis , Butl., I took one female, 
and of T. amatus , Fabr., var. modestus , Butl., two males. 
The only Terias seen was laeta. Belenois mesentina was abundant; 
a slight sweet scent was detected in one specimen. 
Catochrysops strabo was common, also Polyommatus baeticus , one 
specimen having lost two-thirds of each hind-wing, presumably the 
work of some enemy; of Zizera karsandra , I took one. 
At night several moths came to light, viz., Lymantria incerta , 
Walk. ( Enome detersa, Walk.), the Geometers, Tephrina disputaria, 
1 In April, 1908,1 walked through this same garden and watched a Catopsilia 
settle twice, each time on a yellowish leaf, apparently selecting the yellowest 
available. 
