34 SPOLTA ZEYLANK A. 



Maskeliya, Diyatalawa, Bandarawela, Madulsima, Lunugala, 

 Badulla, Alutnuwara, Arawa. 



Abundant in massy places fch.rougb.out the low-country and in 



the hills up to an elevation of about 2,000 feet, above which height 



it becomes decidedly scarce. 



t ,«. ItAui J«*v) ft Uophanes was originally described from Reunion, and I 



W^fc* f 1 ^ (found it abundantly in Mahe (Seychelles). It is probably widely 



3«niWb*> i N ^ j ^tnbvAedP 



«- CkA^c<. Early Stages. — In spite of the abundance of the imago, I have 



never yet been able to find the larva. At Weligama the moths 

 were very common around plants of Sida humilis, but a search on 

 these yielded nothing. 



It is a curious fact that in the original drawings* by W. de Alvis 

 for Moore's "' Lepidoptera of Ceylon," an unpublished plate ap- 

 parently represents this little moth together with its larva and 

 pupa. They are drawn of the natural size ; the larva is coloured 

 yellowish- brown, lighter below, with three small black spots on each 

 segment, and moderately hairy ; the pupa very slender, nearly 

 black. 



The moths are often to be found paired during the forenoon, so 

 that local entomologists who reside on shore should have little 

 difficulty in working out the life-history. 



SuB-FAMrLY.— AL UCITINM. 



111. ^ ouyu^ ^ T/T Ur Pterophorus, Geoffroy. 



?MWw= , k4 - AUvU , U . Synopsis of the Species. 



-r. i^f Mcw 4U^j i Ground -colour of f.w. whitish or gray .. lienigianus 

 ■k>uAi ^ ^ Ground-colour of f.w. ochreous-white . . sematias 



- «», ^ Pterophorus lienigiaxus, Zell. 



p [vj (V[ «f 1^ta£. Lienigianus. — Zeller, Linn. Ent., VI., 380 ; South, Entom., XV., 



U^tM t>^ ***- l05 > t. 2, f. 3 ; Leech, Brit. Pyral., p. 63., t. 17, f. 10 ; Hofmann, 

 kjX'tu St*. ™> Deutscher Pteroph., p. 171 ; Meyr., Handbook, p. 439 ; Meyr., T. 

 'q^^vc^E. S.. 1907,497. 



-fcdX oW^- ^ Serindibanus. — Moore, Lep. Ceylon, III., 527, t. 209, f. 14. 

 _Ql &mjl u&*^ Distribution. — Anuradhapura, Galle, Trincomalee. Maskeliya, 



' ^ w>b> Pundalu-oya, Pattipola, Nuwara Eliya, Madulsima. 

 -J, ■ d. Widely distributed in the island, but appears to be more common 



— ^~ r U" in the hill districts. Outside Ceylon it is found in Central Europe 



W^^and extends to the South of England; it has also' 'been recorded 

 t ^4^ from India. 



yU^. ^^ Early Stages. — The early stages have not yel been found in Ceylon. 

 ^Tf jjvir ^ <L In Europe the larva feeds on the terminal leaves of Artemisia 



jijrvtf*. !) _^-~ -^, * These original drawings are now preserved in th< Colombo Museum 



3o^ Llbrary - 



