72 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 



Labugaiiia, about 200 ft., also taken iu December. These two latter 

 can be distinguished from the Haldummiilla specimens by having 

 onh' two ocelli on the under surface of the fore wing, whereas the 

 former have either four or live. My wet- and dry-season Haldum- 

 mulla females have also four ocelli, and my one low-country 

 female has, like the male, only two. The ocelli are very variable 

 in this group, and a far larger number of specimens than I possess 

 would be needed to determine the (juestion of variation according 

 to elevation. 1 mention it in the hope of stimulating inquiry 

 among Ceylon entomologists. The few specimens I have tend 

 to bear out Ormiston's opinion. Some of these females may be 

 called M. pohjdecta and others M. perseus ; it is a question only 

 to be settled by breeding, but my opinion is that there is only one 

 variable species dependent on season, and very probably elevation, 

 for its various forms. 



In a letter I received from the late Mr. De Niceville in June, 

 1900, he expressed the opinion that '■'• M. polydecta will be found a 

 thoroughly bad egg," and this opinion will probably be eventually 

 confirmed. 



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