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Moore also gives subgrisea, and says it differs in having the 
three discal spots smaller, the sub-apical spots very indistinct, 
and the under side less gray. It is a most variable insect, 
but all my varieties grade perfectly with one exception. This 
specimen was taken on this estate. It is smaller than usual, 
and the ground colour above and below is much darker. The 
only markings above are two minute spots, one each in inter- 
spaces 2 and 3 of the fore wing. Below, in addition to these 
spots, there are very minute black dots in interspaces 6, 7, 
and 8 of the fore wing, and a small black spot in the cell of the 
hind wing ; the discal series of black spots is wanting. This 
may be the insect named subgrisea by Moore, though he 
describes it as having the black discal spots below. I have 
only seen the one specimen. The ground colour of the under 
side of gremius seems to vary climatically, those from the hills 
being usually much darker than those from the low-country. 
The larva feeds on palms, and the butterfly is found wherever 
coconuts are grown, and in some places where they are not. 
It is very abundant at Galle and Kurunegala, common at 
Pallai, near Jaffna, and not rare at Haputale and Haldum- 
mulla. I have no records of its capture above 5,000 feet. 
204. Suastus minuta, E.; Tagiades minuta, M—Peculiar 
to Ceylon. | 
The prehensores are somewhat like those of S. gremius, the 
tegumen being almost identical. See Pl. 4, figs. 5, 6, and 7. 
They are very distinct from those of any T'agiades that I have 
examined. 
It is very rare in Uva, and I have never found it common 
anywhere ; the native collectors, however, seem to be able to 
get any quantity at Kandy, and they have also sent me 
specimens from Ratnapura and Kottawa. The few living 
specimens I have seen only flew a short distance, and were 
very easy to catch. 
“Not uncommon in the Kandy District in February and in 
August, September ” (F. M. Mackwood). 
205. IAMBRIX SALSALA, E.; Astictopterus stellifer, M.— 
Found also in India, Burma, Malaya, Hong Kong, &c. 
The male is fairly constant, but the female varies very much 
in the number and size of the translucent discal spots on the 
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