TWO ABERRATIONS OF CEYLON BUTTERFLIES. 117 
NOTE ON TWO ABERRATIONS OF CEYLON 
BUTTERFLIES. 
By G. M. Henry, 
Assistant in Systematic Entomology, Colombo Museum. 
(With one plate.) 
1. Telchinia viola, Fabr.—This specimen was presented 
to the Colombo Museum recently by Mr. G. W. Halkett, who 
caught it in November, 1913, between Kurunegala and Matale, 
on Delwita estate. It is an interesting aberration of this 
common butterfly, and differs from the normal in the following 
points :— 
Fore-wing, upper side—The usual spots and streaks in and 
beyond the cell are merged in a large, rather ill-defined dark 
patch, which occupies almost the whole of the cell and 
extends to the usual position of the black spots in spaces 
4, 5, 6, and 10. The black spots in interspaces 1 and 3 are 
replaced by long irregular dark patches, and there is a similar 
patch in interspace 2. In other respects the fore-wing is 
normal. 
Hind-wing, wpper side—There is a much larger black spot 
than usual in interspace 7. The spot in interspace 3 is absent. 
The spot in interspace 2 is obsolescent in the left wing, but 
well marked in the right. There is a small spot at the point 
where vein 6 leaves the cell. The light spots in the interspaces 
of the black terminal band are confluent with the tawny of 
the disc of the wing. The black band thus becomes a series 
of dentate marks at the veins. 
_ Fore-wing, under side—This does not greatly differ from 
the normal, but the large black patches on the upper side show 
through the wing, producing a dusky appearance. 
Hind-wing, under side —All the spots anterior to the middle 
of the cell are much enlarged. The spots in interspaces la, 
