162 SPOLIA ZEYLANICGA. 
“4. Upper lobe of clasp with two limbs, of which the lower 
is serrate and the upper simple. Size of thwaitesi, but upper 
side in the male nearly uniformly umber brown = hampsoni.”’ 
Swinhoe groups them all as one species, as the only differences 
are, he considers, in the genitalia, and it seems probable 
that they will eventually be only classed as local races of 
thwaitesi. 
As might be expected, the clasp of the Ceylon form is nearest 
to that of the Southern Indian one, viz., hampsoni. See P1.3, 
figs. 3 and 4. The sole difference appears to be the slight 
serration of the upper limb of the clasp. This is present in the 
four specimens that I have dissected, but almost disappears 
when the clasp dries up. The name thwaitesi was originally 
given to a specimen from Ceylon, so that name would, I 
presume, stand for our form in any case. Externally my 
specimens of both sexes closely agree with the description of 
hampsoni. The clearness of the dark markings in the male 
is very variable. 
A great rarity, and [ have never personally caught a speci- 
men. A native collector has sent me specimens from Kandy, 
Deniyaya, and Kottawa, and I saw Mr. Mackwood catch one 
at the latter place in February. 
“ Found at Kandy February to August, and Ratnapura 
January to April and October ” (F. M. Mackwood). 
198. CAPRONA RANSONNETTI, E.; Abaratha ransonnetti, 
M.—Also found in India. 
This is a variable insect. The hyaline spots on the fore 
wing vary much in size and shape, the two in interspace I, 
and the one at the upper margin of the cell being often nearly 
obsolete. In all my males there are three pre-apical spots, 
but the females sometimes have four or five. Some specimens 
have a faint marginal row of pale spots, with a sub-marginal 
row of more conspicuous ones in interspaces 4, 5, 6, and 7, 
thus disagreeing with Elwes and Edwards’ classification of 
the species. The markings on the under side are very 
variable. 
It is fairly common at Haldummulla during the south-west 
monsoon (dry season), but becomes much more abundant at 
a lower elevation, and I have taken it all over the low-country 
