HARAGAMA 
371 
The Terms taken at Haragama consisted of one hecabe (an inter¬ 
mediate male), seven silhetana (two “ wet ” males, two intermediate 
and two “ dry ”; as well as one dry-season female), and one rotundalis 
(a wet-season female). 
But Blues and Pierines were not the only insects seen drinking 
at damp sand. Once I saw four Papilio pammon sitting all in a 
row; P. telephus was seen, but got away, then the glorious P. crino 
twice put in an appearance; though P. aristolochiae was fairly 
common, it did not seem to be thirsty; P. agamemnon , again, though 
common, preferred Lantana honey to water; a female P. larikeswara, 
f. clytia was mistaken on the wing for Crastia asela. A female 
Ornitlioptera darsius, which had suffered a symmetrical injury to both 
hind-wings very suggestive of a bird’s beak, had a decided musty 
straw odour, very different from that of a male, which suggested 
to my wife Rosemary, or rose-scented hair-oil, but to me it seemed 
more aromatic, suggesting Canada-balsam, or Sassafras. However, 
the Papilio most characteristic of Haragama is certainly parinda , a 
grand insect; the male was quite common, though the female was 
scarce. They are easier to catch in the afternoon than in the 
morning, though fewer may be seen. I feel sure that Mr. Millar of 
Durban was right in saying that, in the afternoon, though fewer 
butterflies are seen than in the morning, the proportion of females 
to males is much greater. 
Skippers were conspicuous, if not exactly by their absence, at 
any rate by their rarity. A female Parnara mathias, a female 
Iambrix salsala, and a male of the neat black and white Notocrypta 
feisthamelii were all things that I had met with elsewhere that 
season, but not so the tawny brown and grey Caprona ransonnetii, 
Feld., which looked very pretty as it sat with widely spread wings; 
of this I took four specimens, all on February 18th. 
One morning a native collector arrived on the ground just before 
me, and later in the day I happened upon his decoys, a parinda and 
a glaueippe pinned on to plants, as well as two parinda stuck into 
mud. I also got some evidence of the attractiveness of urine. 
It is difficult to believe that Moths are as scarce at Haragama as 
snakes in Ireland, it is more likely that I was too much occupied 
with butterflies to look after them, but, be that as it may, four visits 
seem to have produced but two moths; a Syntomis passalis, Fabr., 
f. montana , ButL, and an Area subnotata , a male, taken flying 
quickly at about 3.30 p.m. 
For similar reasons I found Beetles few and far between; single 
