CEYLON BUTTERFLIES. 63 
I know oi no Aphneeus in Ceylon that has an orange patch 
reaching to the costa. In most Ceylon races of the ictis group 
the orange patch, if present, is very small and diffuse, the 
only one with a large clearly-defined patch being— 
No. 1.—Very plentiful in the Northern Province. 
3.—Upper surface dark brown, with a variable, but usually 
well-defined, orange patch on fore wing ; a patch of light blue 
scales along the dorsum: lower wing brilliant irridescent blue ; 
anal patch usually pale red, with rather large diffuse black spots. 
?.—Ground colour slightly paler, orange patch much larger, 
occasionally occupying one-third of fore wing ; dorsal portion 
of fore wing, and the whole of the hind wing, except anal 
patch, covered with pale gray-blue scales. In both sexes the 
marking of the under side appears on the orange patch with 
exceptional clearness. 
Under side, both sexes: very pale gamboge-yellow with 
darker markings, occasionally varying into khaki or even, 
very rarely, pale reddish-brown. 
The markings are always very clearly defined.. 
I have caught and examined some hundreds of these at 
Jaffna and Mannar, and, except for three abnormal specimens, 
they seem a fairly constant race or species. One freak is a 3, 
upper side both wings pale reddish-brown, with slight blue 
irridescence on lower wing. No sign of an orange patch on 
fore wing. 
Under side pale khaki-brown, the markings very indistinct, 
and broken up into more or less round spots with dark borders 
and silver centres. The other two are gf and 9, only varying 
in entirely wanting the orange patch. 
No. 2.—Somewhat resembles the last, but is darker; the 
orange patch is very small and very indistinct ; the under 
side is reddish-brown with well-defined markings. I have a 
single specimen of No. 1 that nearly matches it on the under 
side, though very distinct above. This was very plentiful in 
the Hambantota district in July, but I did not succeed in 
catching a 9. I have taken one g at Haldummulla. 
No. 3.—Very near No. 2 on the upper side, except that it is 
larger and the blue irridescence is. carried well up into the 
upper wing, and the orange spot is sometimes absent. 
