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Five Abisara echerius, Stoll, and a single Zemeros flegyas, Cram., 
represent the Erycinidae ; the former was locally common. 
As a family the Lycaenidae were by no means numerous, though 
Zizera argia , Menet., f. similis , Moore, was certainly abundant: it 
did not object to flying when the sun was obscured, or even when 
rain was falling. The other Blues were Imota timoleon , Stoll, look¬ 
ing like large Thecla guercus, Linn., of which I took two ; and 
Lehera eryx, Linn., a Hair-streak with a green underside like our 
T. rubi, Linn., of this I secured but a single worn specimen. 
The Pierines appeared to be neither numerous nor remarkable. 
The Common White of the island was Ganoris canidia, Sparrm.; 
a d yielded a most distinct scent of the sweet-briar type. Huphina 
nerissa , Fabr., f. coronis, Cram., was not common; the two taken, 
and ?, were of the wet-season form. On the other hand, there 
were plenty of Terias hecabe, but the £ and two $ brought home 
were all “ dry.” I secured but a single example of Catopsilia 
pymntlie, Linn., a $ of the form gnoma, Fabr.; this yielded a 
distinct, but not strong, jasmine-like scent. 
But if the Hongkong Pierines are insignificant the same com¬ 
plaint cannot be made of the Papilionines, which were very much 
in evidence, being both numerous and varied. Of the widely dis¬ 
tributed Papilio pammon , Linn., which was common enough, I took 
two males. Of P. helenus, Linn., I got four specimens, one of them 
decidedly small; the creamy patch on the hind-wing of this butterfly 
is very conspicuous as it flies. Then again there was the handsome 
P. paris, Linn., swift and hard to catch; of the four specimens that 
I managed to secure one had large pieces (apparently) bitten out of 
all four wings almost symmetrically. Less common than the three 
preceding were P. telephus , Feld., and P. Manor, Cram., both taken 
at Lantana flowers, and lastly the handsome long-tailed yellow and 
black P. antiphates , Cram. ( alcibiades , Fabr.), which, though not 
scarce, proved to be wary and hard to catch. 
The Skippers were also represented by six species: the dingy 
Parnara bromus, Leech, three; P. pellucidus, Murray, four ; Iambrix 
salsala, Moore, two; Suastus gremius, Fabr., one; the nearly black 
Astictopterus henrici, Holland, which was common; while of the 
bright tawny Telicota augias , Linn., I took two males. 
One circumstance struck me as remarkable: in the “ Happy 
Valley,” beyond the cemetery, the ground was so fouled with human 
excrement as to make collecting difficult, yet clouds of butterflies 
{Papilio, of more than one species, Trepsichrois, and Ganoris) fluttered 
about the Lantana bushes growing around. There was no evidence 
