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“ acetylene/’ adding that he would like to put a lighted match to it 
to see whether it would burn! Subsequent observations on the 
butterfly and the gas convinced me of the accuracy of his comparison. 
The genital organs appear to exude the scent, probably the long tufts 
appended to them. 1 
At this place I confirmed in two specimens of Catopsilia pyranthe 
the jasmine odour connected with the “ scent tufts ” of the male, but 
did not find it as strong as in specimens of the same species examined 
at Bankapur six weeks before. Mr. Scott agreed to the comparison 
with jasmine, but thought the scent was perhaps even more like that 
of Polianthes tuberosa. 
I also examined two males of Tirumala limniace for scent, but 
was unable to elicit any from the prominent sacs on the under-side 
of the hind-wings, although I suspected some to be emitted by the 
genital tufts. 
Papilio demoleus was frequently met with, and P. aristolochiae 
was common, but I only took a single P. pammon. Although the 
male of Hypolimnas misippus was fairly common, I saw only one 
worn female; this was of the very marked variety inaria , Cram., 
in which the white marks near the apex of the fore-wing are entirely 
wanting, and the black tip is reduced to a narrow border, so that it 
closely mimics D. chrysippus, var. dorippus, King, a form which is 
very rare in India. Several times I saw the male H. misippus 
reconnoitring D. chrysippus as if in doubt as to its identity. 
Of Precis oenone I took but one, of P. almana two, but P. 
lemonias was common. Of the following species I took mostly 
single examples:— Danaida plexippus; Ergolis ariadne; Neptis 
eurynome > Westw.; Polyommatus baeticus; Lampides celeno , f. con- 
feranda , Butl.; Catochrysops hapalina, But!., two ; 0. strabo; Zizera 
otis , f. indica, two; and the Skipper, Suastus gremius. 
Of Melanitis ismene I took but a small fraction, for one seldom 
sees a butterfly so battered, yet even this fraction was found in the 
shade. In marked contrast are the habits of Telchinia violae , since 
it haunts the most sun-scorched places; it was not uncommon at 
Anantapur, but if gregarious, as elsewhere, then I did not hit upon 
its headquarters. 
I took one Terias libythea , and saw several T. hecabe , though it 
was but moderately common. 
Cephonodes hylas , Linn., an insect very like Sesia bomhyliformis , 
Esp., was two or three times seen, and once caught, hovering at 
flowers. There were also flying in the sun Utetheisa pulchella and 
1 See, however, Chapter X., § I. 
