2 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 



2. Neptis varmona, Moore. 6 

 PI. I., fig. 4. 



Taken at Kandy, January, 1911. 



Differs from type in the reduction (almost to obsolescence) 

 of the subterminal series of spots on the fore wing; in the 

 diffused character of the sub-basal white band on the hind 

 wing, and the shifting of the post-discal series of spots to 

 a subterminal position. This arrangement results in an 

 unusually broad black area between the sub-basal and the 

 post-discal bands which gives a very distinct character to the 

 insect. In these characters it apparently approaches the race 

 andamana of Moore, as described by Bingham (Faun. B. I., 

 " Butterflies, " Vol. I., p. 325). 



On the underside the ground colour is darker than usual, 

 owing to a general blackish suffusion, and all the spots have 

 diffused instead of sharply defined borders. 



(Colombo Museum, Reg. No. 2,554.) 



3. Vanessa (Pyrameis) indica, Herbst. ? 

 PL I., fig. 1. 



Two precisely similar aberrations of this form were bred 

 from a batch of larvae sent down from Diyatalawa (4,367 ft.) 

 to Peradeniya (1,562 ft.), where they pupated in the warmer 

 climate. Of the four successful emergences, two individuals 

 were normal and two aberrant. The latter have been de- 

 scribed in a previous number of this Journal (Vol. VII., Part 

 XXVIII., p. 215), but without any figm-e. A very similar 

 aberration has been described and figured in a Paper by 

 Mr. P. J. Lathy, " On some Aberrations of Lepidoptera from 

 the Collection of Herbert J. Adams " (Trans. Ent. Soc, London, 

 1904, p. 65). 



(Colombo Museum, Reg. No. 2,559.) 



4. 5. — Argynnis hyperbius, Johanssen<^ and?. 

 PL I., figs. 5, 7. 



These two specimens, evidently members of the same brood, 

 were caught by-Mr. G. B. de Mowbray on an estate in the 

 Maskeliya district in January, 1905. They were taken on 

 the same spot but on separate occasions, within four days 

 of each other. They are distinguished by a suppression of 



