1899.] L. de Niceville— Lis^ of the Butterflies of Ceylon. 195 



Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Bali, Batika, Lombok, Billiton, Celebes, 

 Sambawa, Sumba, Flores, Alor, and Kalao. 



QS. Byblia ilithyia, Drury, 



Common in the low jiinf^les in the nortli of tlie island in July and 

 December. It is found also in Soutli and Western India as well as in 

 Africa and Arabia, and is everywhere strongly seasonally dimorphic. 

 The larva feeds on the leaves of Tragia. 



Subfamily Acr^in^. 



69. Telchinia viol^, Fabricius. 



An abundant species in the low country all the year round. Com- 

 mon also in India. Its transformations are well known, the larva feed- 

 ing on Modecca. 



Family LEMONIID^. 



Subfamily Libythj]inj]. 



70. LiBYTHEA MYRRHA, Godart. 



Not hitherto recognized from Ceylon, but there are one or two 

 specimens from thence in Mr. Mackwood's collection, and one in tliat 

 of Manders. These came probably from the neighbourhood of Kandy, 

 v^^here doubtless it is not rare though generally overlooked. It occui'S 

 almost throughout India, the larva feeding on Celtis. Mr. Fruhstorfer 

 in Berl. Ent. Zeitsch., vol. xliii, p. 169 ^1898) records true L. myrrha 

 from Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Borneo, and Sambawa, and 

 L. myrrha sanguinalis, Fi'uhstorfer, from the Himalayas and Malay 

 Peninsula. Besides the localities for L. myrrha given above, it is found 

 in Indo- China, Western China, and Sumba. 



71. LiBYTHEA RAMA, Moore. 



Very common at the higher elevations. Manders notes that he is 

 inclined to think from the small material at his disposal that typical 

 L. rama is found from about 5,000 feet upwards and gradually merges 

 into L. myrrha, Godart, in the lower country ; in this de Niceville 

 concurs. It is found also in South India, and Watson has recorded it 

 fi-om the Chin Hills of Upper Burma, 5,000 feet. It has never been 

 bred. 



72. LiBYTHEA LEPiTA, Moore. 



Not before recorded from Ceylon and apparently hitherto over- 

 looked by collectors, though it is a well-mni-ked and easily-recognised 

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