CEYLON BUTTERFLIES. 35 
Acrxine. 
67. TELCHINIA vi0oL#.—Also found in India. 
Very common everywhere, from sea level to 6,000 feet at 
least. I have seen it in every month at Haldummulla. 
Prefers open country to jungle, and is very easy to catch. It 
can be found in the same place day after day, and if disturbed 
seldom goes more than a few yards. 
LEMGNIID2. 
Inbytheine. 
68. LipyrHEA MYRRHA. 
69. LisyTHEA RAMA.—L. myrrha is found in India, Burma, 
Malaya, and China. L. rama is a race or variety from 
Southern India and Ceylon. 
Bingham says : “ Var. rama, Moore, is the smaller southern 
and Ceylon form, with the orange markings much narrower 
and restricted, and the pre-apical double spots entirely white, 
or white slightly suffused with yellow.” 
My specimens of rama also differ from myrrha in the shape 
and colour of the lower wings, which are more scalloped along 
the termen, and on the under side variegated with light and 
dark gray; while in myrrha they are uniformly coloured, 
without conspicuous markings. 
Both forms fly together at Haldummulla and show very 
slight signs of grading, but in a large number of specimens 
which I have examined the ‘‘ rama” are always males and the 
“ myrrha”’ always females. This seems to point to the con- 
clusion that they are the same ifiSect, and that rama is a race 
in which the male has varied from the original stock far more 
than the female. This point can, of course, be settled at once 
by breeding. The sexes can be easily distinguished by the 
fact that the fore-legs of the 3 are short hairy brushes, while 
those of the @ are functionally perfect. 
They are almost always found settled on wet roads. If 
disturbed, they usually only fly a few yards, but if frequently 
put up, they may fly a little way off the road and settle on the 
bushes or grass ; hut in fine weather they are certain to return 
to the road in a few minutes, 
