LIST AND SHADOW 557 
During my visit to Ceylon in the spring of 1908 I did not see 
any butterflies list. 
In his “Butterflies of British India” (vol. i., 1905, p. 47) Col. 
Bingham writes : “ The Satyrinae are shade-loving insects; most of the 
forms have comparatively a weak flight, and frequent the under¬ 
growth, long grass, or dense evergreen forests. Many are cryptically 
coloured on the underside, and their method of suddenly dropping 
after a short flight, and resting all askew, heightens their likeness 
to dead or decaying leaves casually blown down.” It is greatly to be 
regretted that considerations of space prevented the author from 
giving us more such information from his stores of knowledge. 
I now give some later observations on “ list ” in English 
Butterflies. 
Coenonympha pamphilus, Linn.—Early in June, 1906, Mr. W. J. 
Kaye told me that he had recently noted in Surrey, C. pamphilus 
settled with its wings up, but leaning over in such a way that the 
sun’s rays fell vertically upon its wings. This was a new idea to me. 
Going down to Devonshire the next day I naturally wished to confirm 
Mr. Kaye’s observation, but though I have seen the butterfly in some 
abundance at Mortehoe, its appearance there is uncertain, so much 
so that neither in 1904 nor in 1907 did I come across a single 
specimen in the parish. However, in 1906 I succeeded in finding 
three specimens, which I observed with the following results :— 
Mortehoe, June 10th, 1906. G. pamphilus : a specimen seen to settle 
six times; always across the sun; with head sometimes to the 
right, sometimes to the left; the wings up; in every case with 
a list away from the sun so that its rays were about normal to 
the wing surface. 
Mortehoe, June 13th, 1906. A specimen seen to settle several times; 
across the sun; the wings up, but with no list. 
Mortehoe, June 14th, 1906. A specimen seen to settle sixteen times; 
always with wings up and across the sun; on twelve occasions 
with a list away from the sun. 
Braun ton Burrows, September 10 th, 1907. C. pamphilus (the only one 
seen that year) settled across the sun, with head to the wind, 
and a list away from the sun. 
Morte Point, September 5th, 1908. C. pamphilus rather common at 
one spot; the wind was so strong as to compel them to keep 
their heads to it regardless of the sun. A specimen was seen 
