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I do not know it at all, unless two specimens in the Colombo 
Museum should prove to be it. .These specimens are g and Q, 
and were taken by the Museum collector at Ilipakadavai, 
about twenty miles north-east of Mannar. 
131. Tagsuria Loneinus, M. & E.; Tajuria cippus, De 
N.—Also found in India, Burma, and Malaya. 
_It is often very common at Haldummulla, and I have taken 
it in every month but February. The larva feeds on Loran- 
thus. Neglected orange and lime trees are always infested 
with this parasite, and a stone thrown into the top of the tree 
will often put up a number of the butterflies. They fly round 
rapidly, but soon settle again. 
It evidently hatches out in the early morning, and requires 
a few hours before it is able to fly fast. If put up then, it 
will fly a few yards slowly and settle, and is very easy to 
capture in perfect condition. 
It is equally plentiful in the Northern Province, and may 
either be beaten out of Loranthus-infested trees, or taken at 
flowers. 
It varies little, except in size. 
** All over the Island up to 1,500 feet ” (F. M. Mackwood). 
132. TasurRI4a JEHANA.—Also found in India. Not 
mentioned by Moore. 
It is apparently confined to the N a Province, and the 
only place that I have seen it is between Kankesanturai and 
Kirimalei on the north coast in July, August, December, and 
January. 
I found it plentiful on a hedge of Todalia aculeata, which 
was in blossom in December and January. I only captured 
a few, intending to take more later, but for the rest of my 
stay in the district the weather was so bad that I got no more. 
It was in company with 7’. longinus, but was easily distin- 
guished by the different gray of the under side. 
In July, 1916, it was very plentiful in the same place, at 
tamarind blossom. The wind was, as usual at that time of 
year, very strong, and the butterflies kept to the sheltered 
side of the trees, and were easy to catch with a long-handled net. 
133. HypoLycana nitotrica, M. & De N.; Chliaria nil- 
girica, E.—Also found in Southern India. 
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