36 SPOLIA ZEYLANIGA. 
Both forms are plentiful at Haldummulla, but probably 
ten rama will be seen for one myrrha. 
They are found from 500 to 5,000 feet in Uva, but so far I 
have not taken them out of the Province. 
70. LiByTHEA LEPITOIDES ; Libythea celtis lepitoides, B. & 
E.—Libythea celtis is found in Europe, Asia Minor, and 
Chitral. Lepitoides is peculiar to Southern India and Ceylon. 
It differs from celts in the different shape of the hind wing, 
different shape of the orange band on the fore wing, and 
absence of an orange spot in interspace 1. 
It differs from lepita in having the orange band divided, and. 
all the sub-apical spots white. 
It is very rare. I have only caught a single specimen at 
Haldummulla, and have seen others caught at Badulla and 
Wellawaya. 
The Colombo Museum has a good series, mainly from the 
Kandy District. 
** Found also at Dambool” (F. M. Mackwood). 
Nemeobiine. 
71. ApisaRA PRUNOSA, M.; Abisara echerius, De N. & B.; 
Abisara echerius prunosa, .—the race is confined to Southern 
India and Ceylon. De Niceville thinks it identical with 
echervus. Bingham does not mention prunosa. Evans says 
prunosa is larger and brighter. 
I have a Y caught at Haputale in March (cold, dry season, 
elevation 5,000 feet). It is much darker than usual, and the 
post-discal fascia is almost obsolete. The black spots on the 
lower wing are very minute. ‘The under side is very like 
Bingham’s illustration of the dry season form of echerius. It 
is very unlike any specimen of prunosa I have seen. 
It is almost always found in jungle. During the day time 
it usually settles on a leaf five or six feet from the ground. 
If disturbed it flies a yard or two and settles again. In the 
evenings, however, its flight completely changes, and it darts 
up and down a jungle path with a quick jerky flight, so that 
I have more than once mistaken it for one of the Hesperiidw. 
It is commonest at Haldtimmulla during the dry weather 
in the south-west monsoon, 
