208 L. de Niceville — List of the Butterflies of Ceylon. [No. 3, 



134. Catap(ecilma elegans, Druce. 



Moore as Catapsecihna elegans. This beautiful insect is common in 

 tlie lower hills of Ceylon, and hardly differs from Indian and Malayan 

 specimens. If the Indian is distinct from the Malayan form, Mr. H. H. 

 Druce suggests the name major for the former. The larva feeds on 

 Terminalia. 



135. LoxuRA ARCUATA, Moore. 



Very common in the low country of Ceylon up to about 2,500 feet, 

 and is closely allied to L. otymnus, Cramer, of India and Malaya. Its 

 transformations are known, the larva feeding on Smilax. 



136. Deddorix epijarbas, Moore. 



A common low country insect in Ceylon, and widely spread in 

 India, China and Malaya. Its larva is an internal feeder, eating the 

 fruit of the pomegranate, horse-chestnut, and Ginnarus. It pupates 

 inside the fruit. 



137. Rapala schistacea, Moore. 



Not given by Moore in Lep. Cey. It is a species of wide distribu- 

 tion in India and Malaya, and is probably frequently overlooked from 

 its close resemblance to B. lazidina, Moore, from which the male is 

 distinguished by having a brilliant metallic blue gloss in certain lights 

 on the npperside of both wings ; the females of the two species are 

 very similar. In Ceylon it has been taken by Mr. Fairlie in the 

 Northern Province, and occurs also in the Haldummulle district. It 

 has been bred often, the larva feeding on a great variety of plants. 



138. Rapala lankana, Moore. 



The type, a female, was described by Moore in Lep. Cey. as 

 Deudorix lanhanairom a specimen taken by Capt. Wade in the Kottawa 

 forest near Galle. Manders has only seen three specimens of this 

 rare insect, two males in the Colombo Museum and one in his own 

 taken in October, all from the low country. The males have even a 

 more brilliant and extensive iridescent purple gloss than has B. schistacea, 

 Moore, and may also be readily distinguished by the ferruginous (not 

 grey) under surface; also by its larger size. Elsewhere it has been 

 recorded only from North Kanara, the Nilgiri Hills, and in Travancore. 

 It has never been bred. 



139. Rapala lazulina, Moore. 



Occurs in Ceylon at Kandy, Kaduganawa and the Haldummulle 

 district, and has been recorded from the Nilgiri Hills of South India. 



