170 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
Usually seen settled on grass by the roadside, but it visits 
flowers, especially Duranta, and is very easy to catch. 
““ Common at Colombo ” (F. M. Mackwood). 
215. TrLicota auctAs.—Also found in India, Burma, 
Malaya, Hong Kong, &ce. 
This has not been previously recorded from Ceylon, having 
been mistaken for 7'. bambuse. 
Elwes and Edwards say that it differs from bambuse in 
having the “‘ lower outer angle of the yellow spots in cells 
2 to 4 narrowly produced along the contiguous vein nearly or 
quite to the termen ; terminal dark band brown.’ Whereas 
in bambuse the “ lower angle of the yellow spots in cells 2 to 4 
is not, or but little, produced ; terminal margin §black- 
brown.’ 
The male can also be at once distinguished from male 
bambusex by having narrow yellow streaks along all the veins at 
the apex of the fore wing. As pointed out by Elwes and 
Edwards, there is a marked difference in their clasps. See 
Pl. 5, figs. 1 and 2. 
The female is a much duller insect than female bambuse, 
the ground colour being dark brown, not black-brown, and the 
orange markings being narrower. The spots in interspaces 
1 to 3 have their lower edges produced along the contiguous 
veins, but to a much less extent than in the males. The veins 
at the apex of the fore wing are not edged with yellow. The 
under side of the hind wing has a marked greenish tinge. 
There seems to be a tendency to grade. 
It is very common at times at Haldummulla. The larva is 
said to feed on sugar eane, which is extensively cultivated in 
native gardens here. I have specimens from Wellawaya and 
Galle. ; 
216. Papraona Goa, E.; Padraona goloides, M~—Found 
also in India, Malaya, China, Dutch Indies, &c. 
Moore says goloides is “‘ nearest allied to P. vola. Differs 
from it on both sides in the narrower discal band of the fore 
wing, the band being also disconnected from the costal spots. 
The band of the hind wing is also narrower.” My series show 
considerable variation in the width of the band in both sexes, 
and it is connected to the pre-apical spots in a few of my 
