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species owing to the ferruginous tentpeg-shaped marking in the discoidal 

 cell of the forev^ing. Mr. Mackwood has three or four specimens in 

 Ids collection, and Manders several, all taken in the low country. It is 

 found in India, very rarely in the south, more commonly in the north. 

 It occurs also in Upper Burma, China and Japan. Its transformations 

 are unknown. 



Subfamily Nemeobiinj;. 



73. Abisara prunosa, Moore. 



A local race of A. echerins, Stoll, from South Cliina, differing only 

 therefrom in its deeper coloration. Individuals vary greatly in size. 

 Tu Ceylon it is common iu the low countiy in June and July and again 

 in November and December. It occurs also in South India, and has 

 been bred there on Embellia ; in Ceylon the larva feeds on Ardisia. 



Family LTC^NID^. 



74. Neopithecops zalmora, Butler. 



Moore as Pithecops dharma, Moore. There is a great difference 

 between the rains and dry-season forms of this species, the former is 

 almost white on the underside, the latter numerously speckled with 

 fuscous spots. It is a common low country insect in Ceylon, and is 

 very widely spread in Southern Asia. In South India the larva feeds 

 on the leaves of Glycosmis. 



75. Spalgis epius, Westwood. 



Not uncommon in Ceylon but local, and found in the low country. 

 Manders has taken it once at Colombo, but it is common a few miles 

 out at Rambukhan. The difference in the outline of the apices of the 

 forewing of the two sexes is noteworthy, that of the male being very 

 acute, that of the female rounded. Tiie transformations of this species 

 as given by Moore in Lep. Cey. are incorrect, the larvas and pup99 

 figured being that of some other lycsenid, probably that of Rathinda 

 amor, Fabricius (No. 132). The larva is carnivorous; the pupa is 

 very remarkable, as it presents the appearance of a minute monkey's 

 head. It is found in many parts of India, in Burma, Java, Bali, Borneo, 

 Suuiba, Sambawa, and Damma Islands. 



76. Megisba MALAYA, Horsfield. 



Moore as M. thwaitesi, Moore. This is an interesting species as it 

 occurs in a tailed and a tailless form, the former not being found in 

 Ceylon, though the commoner of the two forms elsewhere in Asia. Like 



