220 Memoirs of the Iiulidii Mitscion. [Vol. Ill, 



obtained. He noticed that no larvae or pupae were to be seen at the time of year in 

 which he was at Patipolla (middle of October), but that some of the adults were 

 brown in colour and had apparently not been long hatched. 



3. E. COMPTONI, var. 

 In a series of three specimens from Bulutota which are preserved in the Colombo 

 Museum collection only one agrees in size with either of the preceding forms. This 

 is equal to the largest specimen I have seen of E. comptoni var. flachi from Patipolla. 

 The other two are very unequal in size, and the larger of them is nuich smaller 

 than the smallest specimen of the series from Patipolla. Until a larger series is 

 available it is impossible to be certain how these Ihilutota specimens ought to be 

 regarded, but it is probable, I think, that the species E. comptoni will eventually be 

 found to vary in size in the .same manner as Episphcnus indicus and certain other 

 species (see below, p. 262), and that even var. flachi will prove to be unworthy of 

 a distinct name '. 



Episphenus indicus, vStoliczka. 



PI. xi, figs. 20-20/>. 



Regd. No. ''^ "-f "-f- (all paralypes) S. India. F. Stoliczka, etc. 



'^-f-^ Trichinopoly Father Honore. 



!(,- N. Kanara H. I<. Andrewes'. 



.■•.7M7-i-.77o a»:2..5 „., . . ( Director , Forest School. Dclira 



13 la iMls,iris , r. u T \ 1 



\ Dun; H. L. Andrevves 



-5— Ootacamund Col. Beddome. 



^ Anamalais, S. India, en. 5000 \ 



ft.. 2I-i-I2 i 



' IF ~ui iF TiT ^T Anamalais, 4000 ft, 2 ;i- 1 2 



Anamalais, ca. 5000 ft , 2 i-i- 1 



A I • ,14. . I 111 rotten los^s. T. IJainbriege 



Anamalais, cfl. 5500 It., 21-1-12 \ ' ■^*' 



f Fletcher. 

 Puddutottam, Anamalais, 



f ~i 4200 ft., 22-1-12 



Kal.vana, Pandal, 3000 ft., , 



j T. Bainbrigge Fletcher. 



Monica Estate, Anamalais, ) 



!^ \ T. Bainbriga-e Fletcher. 



4000 ft., 24-1-12 ) '^•^ 



Bainbrigge Fletcher. 



Bababudin Hills, Mysore, 1 



4000-5000 ft., 2-12-X-12 

 High Range, Travancore 



4000-5000 ft., 2-12.X.12 i ^- «^'"briggc Fletcher. 



_ , Pusa Institute. 



May, 1891 I 



Collected by T. R. Bell. ^ This has since been confirmed: see below, p. 281. 



* Adults and larvae iu spirit. 



