590 
BIONOMIC NOTES 
Wet 
season. 
Some¬ 
what wet. 
Inter¬ 
mediate. 
Some¬ 
what dry. 
Dry 
season. 
Precis orithyia . . . 
... 
1 
,, oenone . . . 
... 
... 
i 
„ almana . . . 
. . . 
... 
1 
... 
,, lemonias . . 
... 
... 
1 
1 
Melanitis ismene . . 
... 
... 
• •• 
3 
Mycalesis perseus . . 
... 
• •• 
3 
Yphthima hubneri . . 
... 
... 
1 
Byblia ilithyia . . . 
1 
1 
Nilgiris, Trichin- 
Gatopsilia pyranthe . 
... 
2 
2 
... 
apali, Tanjur, 
„ pomona. . 
... 
1 
Madura. 
Ixias marianne . . . 
... 
1 
... 
1 
1 Feb. 24-March 7, 
„ pyrene .... 
2 
... 
3 
... 
1904. Very slight 
Terias hecabe . . . 
... 
2 
1 
2 
rain in Nilgiris. 
Teracolus etrida . . 
1 
... 
• • • 
„ eucharis . 
• • • 
|M 
1 
„ danae . . 
3 
*5 
2 
1 
, # , 
Huphina nerissa . . 
1 
3 
1 
3 
Catophaga paulina . 
... 
1 
... 
1 
4 
Total . . . 
5 
10 
10 
13 
20 
Precis almana . . . 
4 
1 
„ atlites . . . 
1 
2* 
... 
*2 
2 
Mycalesis mandata . 
1 
... 
... 
... 
Catopsilia pyranthe . 
2 
... 
... 
... 
... 
„ pomona 
... 
2 
2 
1 
Ixias pyrene. . . . 
... 
... 
... 
1 
Ceylon. 
Terias hecabe . . . 
4 
2 
1 
... 
T 
\ March. 10-26, 1904. 
„ laeta .... 
... 
... 
i 
Several showers. 
Huphina nerissa . . 
‘l 
... 
1 
... 
i 
Catophaga paulina . 
... 
... 
2 
... 
2 
Total . . . 
13 
4 
6 
5 
9 
/ 
There was a storm at Simla on October 10th, and a few trifling 
showers during our expedition to Baghi, but we saw no sign of rain 
after that, and indeed scarcely a cloud, save at Kurseong, until January 
14th, when there was a thunderstorm at Jhansi. There were then 
several very slight showers terminating with a long but not heavy 
rain on January 23rd. There was a very slight fall at Konur on the 
night of February 29 th—March 1st. Then no further rain till 
Kandy, March 10th. There were several showers in Ceylon. 
At Simla the effects of the monsoon were not quite past, and 
wet-season forms were slightly more numerous than dry; the same 
applies to Ceylon. At all the other places, as might have been 
expected, dry-season forms predominated. Calcutta occupies an 
intermediate position. 
It must, however, be admitted that to prove a species to be 
