1899.] L. de Nicevillc— Lis/ of the Butterflies of Geijlon. 190 



86. ZiZERA OTIS, Fabricius. 



Moore as Z. indica, Murray. A common low country insect, in 

 Ceylon, and flies nearly all the year round. The three species of Zizera 

 usually occur togretlier, and may be at once recoo^nized by their liabit 

 of fluttering about amonorst low herbagfe and j^rass within a few inches 

 of the surface of the o-round. Amongst other places they occur 

 commonly on the Gnlle Face at Colombo. Z. otis inhabits all India and 

 across Southern Asia to Hong-Kong, Burma, the Malay Peninsula, the 

 Philippine Islands, and probably most of the islands of the Malay Arclii- 

 pelago and the South Sea Isles. The larva feeds on Ah/sicarpus vaginalis. 



87. AzANUS UBALDUS, Cramer. 



Not given by Moore, but Mr. Francis A. Fairlie has taken it at Jnffna 

 in July, and on the North Central Road. It is found in Arabia and 

 almost throughout India. It has frequently been recorded from Africa 

 as A. zena, Moore. Dr. Butler in 1897 wrote that the male of A. uhaldus 

 has no belt of thickened lilac scales across the upperside of the fore- 

 wing, these scales being present in A. zena, but if the females got mixed 

 as to locality it would be no easy matter to sort them. Its transfor- 

 mations have not been recorded, but the larva is said to feed on the 

 leaves of Acacia leucophloea. 



88. AzANUS JESOUS, Guerin. 



Moore as A. crameri, Moore. Polyommatus jesous was described in 

 1847 ; Lycsena gamra, Lederer, in 1855 ; Lampides agave. Walker, in 

 1870; and Azanus crameri in 1881, these four names representing one 

 species. In Ceylon it is rare, and is found more especially in the hotter 

 and drier parts of the island, though occasionally met with at Colombo. 

 Wade got it at Hambantota, and Fairlie in the northern part of the 

 Island rather commonly. It occurs in Africa, Syria, Arabia, and many 

 localities in India. Its transformations are unknown. 



89. Lycj:nesthes ltcjjntna, Felder. 



Originally described from a specimen taken at " Avisavelle, Ceylon," 

 on December 7th. Not uncommon in Ceylon on the lower hills. It is 

 found almost throughout India, and in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, 

 Borneo and Lombok. Its early stages have- still to be discovered. 



90. Talicada nyseus, Guerin. 



Occurs commonly but locally in the low country and up to nearly 

 4,000 feet. It is found in South India, Sind, Orissa, Assam and Burma. 

 Larva feeds internally on the fleshy leaves of Bryophyllam. 



