158 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
males. The upper side of the hind wing is usually uniformly 
black, but sometimes the terminal half is irrorated with golden 
yellow scales shaped like a sword blade; these are grouped 
between the veins, forming a row of post-discal diffuse spots. 
On the under side of the fore wing, in addition to the pre- 
apical spots, there is sometimes a straight row of five spots, 
viz., three from the costa to the middle of the cell, a round spot 
in interspace 2, and a smaller one below in interspace 1. 
There is also occasionally a large very diffuse spot at the apex 
of interspace 1. On the hind wing some specimens have 
complete discal and post-discal rows of very diffuse orange 
spots ; in others all these spots are absent. When present 
they are formed by sword-shaped scales as above. 
Itis usually found in junglefrom 2,000 to 6,000 feet elevation, 
and settles with its wings spread out flat on the under side of 
a leaf ; if disturbed it seldom flies far. It is very active in 
the net, and the wings rub easily, so perfect specimens are not 
easy to procure. I have not yet seen a female. 
It is plentiful at Haputale, and not rare at Haldummulla, 
and occurs at all times of the year. I have also specimens 
from Kandy and the hills above Ratnapura. For prehensores, 
see Pl. 3, figs. 1 and 2. 
“Kandy District, Matale hills at 5,000 feet, parts of 
Kotmale, and in the Ratnapura hills” (F. M. Mackwood),. 
192. CELNORRHINUS SPILOTHYRUS, E.; Plesioneura spilo- 
thyrus, M.—Also found in Southern India. 
Evans says: “‘C. fusca can easily be separated from spilo- 
thyrus by the chequered cilia.’’ In several of my specimens 
the cilia of the hind wing are distinctly chequered. Elwes and 
Edwards point out that in C. fusca the costal spot “is usually, 
but not always, white,” whereas in Ceylon specimens “it seems 
to be always yellow.” Moore says this spot is white in the 
male, and yellow in the female. He may be right. In every 
specimen I have seen it was yellow, though varying in depth 
of colour, but I have never seen a male from Ceylon. 
It varies greatly in the size and shape of the spots on the 
fore wing, and one or both of those in interspace 1 are often 
missing. The definition of the golden-yellow spots on the 
hind wing is very variable, and they may be entirely obsolete 
