CEYLON BUTTERFLIES. 18] 
2256. PARNARA SERIATA 9 var. ?—This differs from all 
others in Ceylon, in having a single white spot on the under 
side of the hind wing, in the basal half of interspace 2, clearly 
defined below, and sometimes visible above. The only Parnara 
mentioned by Elwes and Edwards with this spot is P. bromus, 
of which they say: “I have great doubt as to whether P. 
bromus can. be separated from P. phillippina . . . . The 
fact remains that in phillippina the cell spots of the fore 
wing are wanting, or at most feebly developed, and the 
hind wing below is unspotted, and in bromus there are two 
well-developed cell spots visible on the upper side of the 
fore wing, and the hind wing below bears a small pale spot 
near the middle of cell 2. We have not seen any intermediate 
specimens.” 
This also differs from No. 225a, in having the spot below 
vein 2 on the fore wing sometimes enlarged into a streak, 
almost joining the spots in l and 2. All my specimens show 
two rudimentary spots in the cell below, and in most cases 
the upper one is visible above as a minute white dot. 
All the specimens I have seen were females. I have five 
from Galle and one from below Haldummulla. Mr. T. G. 
Elliott has shown me three from Ratnapura. In April, 1918, 
I took one specimen at Galle intermediate between Nos. 225a 
and 2255. It has a white spot in interspace 2 of the hind wing 
on one wing only. 
225c. BAORIS PENCILLATA 9 ?—Expanse 43 mm. Spots 
on fore wing in 1, 2, 3, 4,6, 7,and 8. No spot incell. Hind 
wing unmarked. It differs from Nos. 225a and 225b as 
follows :—The yellow hairs above and scales below are darker. 
The fore wing is broader in proportion. to its length, and is more 
evenly convex on the termen. The spot on vein | is much 
smaller, and those in 2 and 8 are distinctly excavated on the 
outer margin, which I have never seen in any specimen of 
sertata. On the under side of the fore wing there is only one 
small diffuse spot in interspace 1. It is almost identical with 
No. 224a in markings and shape of the wings, but differs in 
the ground colour, especially of the under side of the hind wing. 
I have only a single specimen, and Mr. Elliott has shown me 
another, both females from Ratnapura. 
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