CEYLON BUTTERFLIES. 37 
I have taken it at Jaffna, Kandy, Galle, Trincomalee, 
Ratnapura, and up to 5,000 feet at Haputale. 
* Caught at Colombo ” (F. M. Mackwood). 
LycmHNIDz. 
Lycxenine. 
72. NEOPITHECOPS ZALMoRA, B. & E.; Pithecopos dharma, 
M.—Found in Southern Asia. 
One of the most variable insects in Ceylon. ‘The amount of 
white on the upper side varies as much in location as in amount. 
The principal varieties in my series are :— 
(1) Upper side: both wings black, minute white speck or 
pale patch on dise of fore wing. 
(2) Diseal white spot on fore wing much larger. Lower 
wing with a large white patch from the cell to the margin, 
between veins 4 and 7. 
(3) Fore wing about half white. Lower wing with five 
very minute sub-marginal white spots. The markings on the 
under side almost obsolete, except the black sub-costal spot 
on hind wing. (Only taken at over 5,000 feet elevation.) 
Very common at times at Haldummulla, and apparently _ 
flights. A great number appeared in August, 1915, all flying 
west. They settle frequently, and usually close to the ground, 
and are easy to catch. Their wings, however, are very 
frequently rubbed in the net. 
I have taken it from 500 to over 5,000 feet elevation in Uva. 
Also at Galle, Ratnapura, Trincomalee, Vavuniya, &c. 
73. SPALGIS EPIUS.—Also found in India, Burma, Java, 
Borneo, &c. 
The male can be ae ae by its very sharp-pointed 
wings. 
The larva feeds on coccida (scale insects), especially “‘ mealy 
bug,” and is never known to eat vegetable food. 
May be taken at Haldummulla all the year round, but is 
never numerous. I have also taken it at Galle, Kegalla, and 
Kandy. 
** Found in the North-Central Province ” (F. M. Mackwood). 
73.4. SpaLcis HPIus NuBILUS, B. & E.—Bingham gives 
this race also from Ceylon, and says two typical specimens in 
