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It settles frequently on flowers, but is extremely shy and 
difficult to catch. In the dry low-country it settles on the 
wet roads ; I have never known it come to sugar. 
Localities : from, sea levei to over 5,000 feet. Common at 
Haputale and Namunukula (high), Haldummulla and Badulla 
(medium), and Wellawaya (low), in the Province of Uva. 
Common at Kottawa. 
“ Extremely plentiful at times in the Kandy District at 
lantana”’ (F, M. Mackwood). 
41. Neptis JumBAH, B. & De N.; Neptis jumba, M.; 
Andrapana jumbah, E.—Also tound in India and Burma. 
Ceylon specimens have recently been named nalanda, as a 
separate race. It varies extremely in the amount of white 
on the upper side and the black shadings below. 
Common at Haldummulla all the year round, except during 
the heavy winds in January and February. It joins in the 
flights in large numbers, and when these are on it can be 
easily captured by walking it up in the tea in the early 
morning, as it then only flies a short distance. Later, when 
the sun gets hot, it flies straight and seldom settles. When 
not flighting it settles freely on Lantana and other flowers. 
Localities : from sea level to the Horton Plains, and from — 
Galle to Vavuniya. I have, so far, no notes of its occurrence 
north of the latter place. 
42. NeEptis varmona, M. & De N.; Neptis eurynome, B. ; 
Neptis hylas varmona, K.—~Also in India. Tt differs mainly 
from eurynome in being smaller. 
Extremely abundant everywhere, though more so in the 
south than in the north. Freshly-hatched specimens can be 
taken in every month of the year at Haldummulla. It does 
not join the flights. . 
Considering its abundance at all seasons and elevations, it 
varies extremely little, but aberrations, such as N. disrupta, 
Moore, are occasionally met with. Disrupta and kamarupa 
are now given as the names of the extreme wet and dry season 
forms respectively of the Ceylon race. Personally I have 
failed to observe any tendency to seasonal variation here, and 
consider disrwpta to be only an aberration. I do not know 
kamarupa. 
