18 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
Plains of India.”’) If this is so, the females might be caught 
by enclosing a few males in a muslin cage, and watching near, 
preferably after dark. 
A well-known haunt of the males is behind Kottawa rest- 
house, where the stream leaves the jungle. 
Common at Galle, Ratnapura, Balangoda, Avissawella, 
and prebably in all bamboo jungle in the south-west of the 
Island. 
Nymphaline. 
30. HariprA PSAPHON, M. & E.; Charaxes psaphon, B.—- 
Moore describes the 2 as Haridra serendiba. Peculiar to 
Ceylon, but allied to H. imna of Southern India. 
Not at all a rare fly in the low-country, but it is difficult to 
capture, especially the female. 
The male is very fond of settling on wet roads, and can also 
be taken feeding on sap exuding from the trees, or on sugar. 
It is rather shy when settled on the roads, but I caught half a 
dozen at one patch of sap, and it was difficult to make them fly. 
The female is far more often seen at Haldummulla than the 
male. It is then nearly always flying straight and very fast ; 
it never seems to settle, and is almost impossible to catch. It 
is evidently migrating in search of fresh breeding grounds. 
I have seen it once at sugar ; the moment the net approached 
it shammed dead and fell into the undergrowth and escaped. 
It is commonest in Uva during the south-west monsoon, 
but may be taken in March and April. It does not seem to fly 
above an elevation of about 3,000 feet. 
“ Caught at Kandy, Dambool, and Trincomalee” (F. M. 
Mackwood). 
31. CHARAXES FABIUS, M., De N., & B.; Haridra fabius, 
#.—Also found in India and Burma. 
In habits it is very much like the 3 psaphon. 
It is very frequently seen on the wet roads in the low-country 
of Uva, and comes readily to sugar. It is rather rare at 
Haldummulla, and I have never seen it above 3,000 feet. 
May be found allthe year round. I have taken it at Jafina, 
Anuradhapura, and Trincomalee, and it is probably to be 
found wherever the tamarind tree flourishes. 
