132 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
found from 3,000 feet upwards, at Haputale, Ohiya, &c. TI 
found cingala very plentiful at Galaha, near Kandy. 
Although I have always regarded cingala as by far 
the commonest form, it is curious that the Colombo 
Museum did not possess a specimen till I sent them some 
a few years ago. They had, however, a very fine series of 
rama. 
T have an exceptionally large specimen of cingala 9, in which 
the ground colour is nearly white. 
The next group of Trias have always given a lot of trouble, 
as the species have a wide range, and are very variable, 
Moore split it into seven species in Ceylon, viz., hecabe, heca- 
beoides, simulata, citrina, uniformis, rotundalis, and temple- 
tonii. Manders and De Niceville (A List of the Butterflies of 
Ceylon) reduced the number to three : hecabe, silhetana, and 
sari. Bingham and Evans do not give silhetana from Ceylon ; 
the former allows us hecabe and sari, and the latter hecabe and 
andersont. 
Mr. E. E. Green, writing in “ Spolia Zeylanica,” Vol. VIIL., 
Part XXX., gives silhctana and hecabe, and distinguishes them 
as follows :— 
** hecabe—Outer margin of fore wing entire; marginal 
area of costa distinctly black ; lower extremity of black border 
not subtended by yellow. 
“© silhetana.—Outer margin of fore wing distinctly crenulate ; 
marginal area of costa yellow; lower extremity of black 
border partially subtended by yellow.” 
My objection to this is that I have several hecabe in which 
the basal half of the costal border is yellow, and. si/hetana in 
which it is black. In a variety of silhetana mentioned later 
it is almost always black. 
Bingham separates the Indian species as follows :— 
Three spots in base of cell = silhetana or moorei. 
Two spots in base of cell = hecabe. 
One spot in base of cell = andersont OY SArt. 
My objection to this is that one or both of the spots in 
hecabe are frequently obsolete in Ceylon specimens. 
