CEYLON BUTTERFLIES. 43 
Localities : Jaffna, Mannar, Anuradhapura, Wellawaya, 
Hambantota, &c. 
* Abundant at Trincomalee ” (F. M. Mackwood). 
87. LyCHNESTHES LYCZNINA.—Also in India, Malaya, 
and Dutch Indies. 
The male is very common at Haldummulla, and is always 
found settled on wet roads or in the beds of streams, especially 
from March to May. [f disturbed, it flies round very rapidly, 
but settles again quickly, and will allow one to miss it several 
times with the net before clearing off. The female is rarer 
here, and may be found settled on the tea or on flowers. I 
found it very plentiful on the tea at Kegalla, but I never saw 
a male settled on the wet roads there. 
Other localities : Galle, Hambantoia, Wellawaya, &c. 
‘“ Colombo, Kandy, and Pussellawa ” (F. M. Mackwood). 
88. TALICADA NysEus.—Also in India and Burma. 
Exceedingly common wherever its food plant (Bryophyllum) 
grows. It flies slowly, and settles frequently. In the evenings 
it generally roosts on flower heads, and generally in groups of 
four or five. It is very conspicuous, and can be easily caught 
then in a killing bottle, and the finest specimens and unusual 
varieties of under sides can be selected. It does not retire till 
rather late, so there is not much time to take them before dark. 
The upper side varies little, but specimens with the red 
patch replaced by buif maybe taken. ‘fhe under side is vari- 
able, especially in the number of black spots on the lower wing. 
T have now taken four specimens of a peculiar aberration, 
with a conspicuous irregular white patch between the black 
and red on the upper side of th¢ lower wing. One was taken 
in 1902, two in 1912, and one in 1915. All four were taken at 
the same spot, within a few yards of the 1064 milepost on the 
Haldummulla road. This rather points to its being hereditary. 
One is figured in ‘‘ Spolia Zeylanica,” Vol. 1X., Part XX XIII, 
Plentiful all the year round at Haldummulla, and I have 
taken it at Galle, Hambantota, Wellawaya, Kandy, &c. 
89. EvErEs pAarRHASIuS, M.; Everes argiades, B. & De N.; 
Everes. argiades parrhasius, Ki—Argiades is found in Europe, 
Asia, Australia, &c., and is said to have been taken near 
Dover. The limits of parrhasius do not seem to be defined yet, 
