126 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
NOTES ON CEYLON BUTTERFLIES, 
Part II. 
By W. Ormiston, F.E.S. 
(With seven Plates.) 
Abbreviations after Names. 
M. = Moore : Lepidoptera of Ceylon. 
B. = Bingham : Fauna of India : Butterflies. 
De N. = De Niceville: The Butterflies cf India, Burma, and Ceylon. 
E. = Evans: A List of Indian Butterflies. 
PAPILIONID. 
Prerine. 
147. Leprosra xrpHta, B. & E.; Nychitona xiphia, M.— 
Also found in India and Malaya. | 
Very common in jungles all over the low-country. It 
becomes much scarcer above 2,500 feet elevation, and is rather 
a rarity at Haldummulla. A native collector once brought 
me a specimen said to have been caught at Ohiya (6,000 feet). 
Though mainly a jungle fly, it sometimes appears in open 
country, and I have noticed it in the Fort at Galle, and it is 
common in the town of Jaffna. 
I have two specimens from Mannar (January—wet season). 
They are very small, but have an exceptional amount of black, 
the post-discal spot being joined by a black line to the black 
on the terminal margin ; one of these specimens also shows a 
very fine black marginal line on the lower wing. With these 
exceptions, I have noticed very little variation. 
It is the slowest flying butterfly I know, and is nearly always 
found fluttering low on the edge of the jungle, so is very easy 
to catch. It flies all the year round. 
148. Devias BucHARIS.—Found also in India and Burma. 
It is abundant everywhere, at all elevations, and flies all the 
year round. 
The larva feeds on Loranthus, but wanders some distance 
to pupate, as the pupa, which is very conspicuous, may be 
found anywhere : on bungalow walls, rocks, &c. 
