206 L. de Niceville — List of the Butterflies of Ceylon. [Noi 3, 



122. Aphn^us schistacea, Moore. 



Occurs commonly in August in the Dambool district, and also in 

 the immediate neighbourhood of Colombo. It has been recorded from 

 Sattara in the Bombay Presidency, from the Nilgiri Hills, and from 

 Myingyan in Upper Burma. It has not been bred. 



123. APHNiEUS LOHITA, Hovsfield. 



Moore as A. lazularia, Moore. Found in the same districts and at 

 the same seasons as the last. It has a wide range in India, Indo-China, 

 China, Hainan Island, and Malaya. Its transformations are known, Dr. 

 Moore says the larva feeds on Convolvulacese. 



124. Aphnj^ds zebrinus, Moore. 



Described by Dr. Moore in 1884 from Ceylon only, but omitted 

 by him from Lep. Cey., vol. iii, published in 1887. We have failed to 

 recognise the species. Mr. J. J. Walker records it from Hongkong in 

 Southern China. 



125. Aphn^us ictis, Hewitson. 



Very common in the Dambool and Anaradhapura districts of 

 Ceylon in August. It is widely spread in India, bat has never been 

 bred. The A. vulcanus, var. maximus of Elwes, from Burma, is a form 

 of A. ictis, and may be kept distinct on account of its very large size. 



126. Aphnj:us nubilus, Moore. 



Described from Ceylon only by Dr. Moore, taken by Mackwood at 

 Wattegama in May. It is very doubtfully distinct from the last, though 

 Mr. Frank A. Fairlie, who has a very extensive acquaintance with the 

 imagines of the genus in life as they occur in Ceylon, brings forward 

 arguments to show that it is a distinct species. It can only be satisfac- 

 torily settled if it be so or not by breeding, though a critical examina- 

 tion of the prehensores of the male would doubtless shed some light 

 on the subject. 



127. Aphn^us greeni. Heron. 



Spindasis greeni, Heron, Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist,, sixth series, vol. xviii, 

 p. 190 (1896). 



"Described from a single male captured near Punduloya, on the 

 summit of the Great Western range of hills in Ceylon, at this point 

 attaining a height of about 6,000 feet. Mr. de Niceville has examined 

 this specimen in the British Museum, but would prefer to express no 

 opinion regarding its validity as a distinct species. 



