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Cram.). [Fritz Muller (Brazil, 1878) spoke of a rather disagreeable 
odour “ extremely strong in Lycorea sp. and Ituna ilione , less so in 
I), gilippus, and rather faint in D. erippus.” It is not quite clear 
whether he confines this odour to the male sex, but it may be fairly 
inferred from the context that he does so.] 
(Jamaica, Tobago, Panama, Venezuela, 1907). 15 <J, 2 $. All 
had a scent, similar in quality and intensity in both sexes; it is 
described in my notes as slight, moderate, or strong, and is compared 
to that of a cockroach, a musk-rat, a rabbit-hutch, or musty dung; 
twice it is qualified as “ scarcely unpleasant,” and “ scarcely dis¬ 
agreeable.” (Australia, 1910). 1 d, 8 ?. A strong musk-rat scent 
when alive. 
Danaida plexippus, Linn, (genutia, Cram.). In India in 1903-4, 
I sometimes detected an unpleasant scent in this species, but did not 
record the sex of the specimens examined. On other occasions the 
results were negative, and it seems probable that in this species the 
odour is not very strong. 
(Matheran, Bombay Presidency, 1908). A male had a slight 
musk-rat odour in the field, none at home though still alive. 
Danaida jamaicensis, Bates. (Jamaica, 1907). 2 d, 2 ?. Of the 
two males the scent is described respectively as “ strong rabbit-hutch 
odour,” and “ decided odour, (?) cockroach, scarcely disagreeable.” 
Of the females it is noted “ both with a strong cockroach smell, 
perceptible next day: my wife, however, described the odour as 
slightly fusty.” 
Danaida eresimus, Cram. (Colombia, Venezuela, 1907). Of 
two males it is noted “ (?) very slight pleasant scent ” ; of a female 
“ strong (?) musk-rat odour when alive.” 
[N.B.-—These last two are probably forms of D. gilippus , a 
butterfly observed by Fritz Muller.] 
Tirumala limniace , Cram. (India, 1904). I detected in a male a 
very faint scent, suggesting old cigar-boxes. Observations made on 
other occasions were doubtful or negative. 
Tirumala septentrionis, Butl. (Ceylon, 1908). 11 males were 
examined, 9 of them yielded a scent, noted as slight, moderate, or 
decided, and described as pleasant or sweet, and in two cases com¬ 
pared (with, however, some hesitation) to clover. In four individuals 
the genital tufts were displayed; certainly in one of these no scent 
was perceptible (though subsequently detected in the house). In 
another instance it is noted that the scent was not connected with 
the sexual pouch on the hind-wing. 
Seven females were examined: in six the result was negative or 
