CEYLON BUTTERFLIES. 143 
“ Thirty years ago plentiful in and round Colombo ” (F. M. 
Mackwood). 
172. HErBomora AUSTRALIS, De N.; Hebomoia glaucippe, 
M.; Hebomoia glaucippe australis, B. & E.—Also found in 
Southern India, but is only a race of H. glaucippe, from 
which it differs in having no inner black border to the 
orange patch on the fore wing. Females in the wet season 
sometimes show this black border fairly well, and the ground 
colour of the upper side is then pale greenish-yellow instead 
of white. 
It is very common in the low-country, especially in the 
drier regions. Single specimens apparently “‘ flight” all the 
year round, and may be seen at the highest elevations. These 
fly very fast and seldom settle, so are almost impossible to 
catch. The largest flight I ever saw was in November, 1912. 
From south of Maho to Ambanpola, on the Northern line, the 
train passed for nearly half an hour through a swarm of many 
thousands. 
In the dry low-country the males settle in numbers on wet 
patches on the roads, in river beds, &c., and are easy to catch. 
The females may be taken at flowers. When settled the 
resemblance to a dead leaf is very striking. 
173. HupHINA PHRYNE, M.; Huphina nerissa evagete, 
EK. ; Huphina nerissa var. phryne, B.; Huphina nerissa, 
De N.—Moore also gives H. zewxippe from Ceylon, but this 
is only a pale variety, which I have taken at Haldummulla 
and in the north of the Island. It is probably a dry season 
form. 
Evans does not give nerissa as found in India. He gives 
the race phryne from Nepaul and Assam, and evagete for the 
rest of India and Ceylon. Bingham gives nerissa for Nepaul, 
Assam, and Bengal, and var. phryne from Nepaul, Bengal, 
Southern India, and Ceylon. 
It is very plentiful in the low-country, especially in the 
drier parts, and may be seen settled in hundreds on mud or 
wet sand. It flights at least twice a year, and is then common 
everywhere in the hills. I have seen it in swarms at Nuwara 
Eliya. I have not yet, however, observed it in the Galle 
District. 
