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Trigonodes hyppasia , Cram., a Noctua very like Hydrelia unco , Linn., 
which reminded me of Headington and old Oxford days. 
Out of the grass I kicked up Tephrino catalaunaria , Guen., a 
pretty little Macariid Geometer Semiothisa subalbitaria, Swinh., 
and Sterrha poullula , Swinh. The common dragon-fly, Orthetrum 
sabina, Drury, and a bug, Eysarcoris guttigera, Thunb., completed 
the tenants of the garden. 
A number of things came to light, viz.:— Utetheisa pulchella; 
Lymantria incerta, Walk.; a Noctua, Ericeia inangulata , Guen.; 
a Pyrale, Schoenobius bipunctifer , Walk.; and a tiny Quadrifid 
Noctua, Baparna digramma, Walk. ( lactea , Swinh.), as well as two 
Bugs, Acanthaspis apicata, Disk, and Dieuches uniguttatus, Thunb., 
the former apparently a scarce insect since the National Collection 
contains the type only. There was in addition to these a small 
ochreous narrow-winged Geometer to which I have not been able 
to assign a name, and an Ichneumon-fly, Henicospilus sp. One 
evening insects came to light in swarms, among them were many 
Mosquitos, but from their attitude these appeared to be all Gulex, 
fortunately none of the ague-carrying Anopheles. 
BANGALtfR, lat. 13° K, alt. 3100 ft. 
February 23rd, 1904. 
The change of trains at this large military station gave me a 
couple of hours collecting in the extensive public gardens. A high 
wind was against a good day, but the afternoon proved interesting 
since it gave me the first glimpse at that fauna which is, to a great 
extent, common to Ceylon and Southern India. Here I saw for the 
first time that very striking black, white, and orange Lycaenid, 
Talicada nyseus ) Guer., as well as the huge and magnificent Papilio 
polymnestor, Cram., inches in expanse, a truly gorgeous monster 
in which pale lilac is the prevailing colour, trimmed with black. 
The only other things noted were more ordinary, to wit Catopsilia 
pomona, a female; Crastia core; several Telchinia violae; Nychitona 
xiphia; and an abundance of Neptis eurynome, accompanied by one 
N. jumbo,, Moore, quite a distinct species. 
The Nilgiris, lat. 11° N. 
February 24th—March 3rd, 1904. 
The Nilgiris, or Blue Mountains, rising abruptly from the plain, 
itself nearly 2000 ft., above the sea, form a rolling table-land with 
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