40 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA, 
The males vary a great deal in the shade of blue, the amount 
of white, especially on the lower wing, and the clearness of 
the black marginal spots on the lower wing. Bingham says 
of these spots in puspa that “ these are formed, not by actual 
scaling, but by the dark markings of the under side, which 
show through more or less clearly.” This is not the case 
with Ceylon specimens, as the spots on the upper side are 
frequently far larger than those on the under side, and are 
occasionally very large and distinct above, when almost obsolete 
below. The female varies chiefly in the markings on the 
under side ; in some specimens these are comparatively small 
and indistinct, especially on the hind wing. 
The male is often very plentiful in the low-country of Uva, 
settled in river beds and on wet roads. It occasionally can 
be taken at Haldummulla. The female is very common at 
Haldummulla at times, and is apparently given to flighting. 
Lhave taken it here in every month but February and March, 
The female bears no resemblance at all to the figure given 
in Moore. 
79. CYANARIS SINGALENSIS, M. & E.; Cyaniris huegeli 
singalensis, B—Found in Ceylon, Java, and Sumatra. 
Originally described from specimens taken at “ Kalupahana, 
about 3,000 feet.” I have no doubt this estate is referred to, 
The male is very plentiful at high elevations. It is chiefly 
found settling in stream beds or on wet roads. Oceasionally 
T have taken specimens at Haldummulla, but they do not seem 
to descend below 3,000 feet. The iemale I have found 
extremely rare, and I know nothing of its habits. 
* ~ numerous at Maskeliya and the Horton Plains; 9 
scarce” (F. M. Mackwood). 
86. CyYANIRIS LANKA.—Peculiar to Ceylon. 
The male is extremely plentiful at high elevations. At 
Ohiya, Pattipola, &c., it is usually the commonest blue. — It 
sometimes descends as low as 3,000 feet. It is nearly always 
found settled on damp spots on the roads. The female flies 
low over the bushes, settling occasionally on flowers. I have 
never taken one lower than 5,500 feet. ' 
“« The larva feeds on Smithia blanda, which grows in damper 
portions of patanas. The egg is deposited on the stem at 
