1899.] L. do Nicevillc— L/".<?^ of ilie BntfcrJI.iea of Ceylon. 223 



dissimilis-iorm is absent. On the contrary, the Andamans are inhabited 

 by a dissimilis-iorm, whereas specimens corresponding- to clytia are 

 absent; and further enst, in the lesser Sunda Islands, we find a species 

 with the pattern of dissimilis nnd no dytia-\\\^G form. From Borneo, 

 Sumati-a, and Java no representative sjiecies of P. clytia^ Linnaeus, has 

 been recorded." In Ceylon P. lankeswara is a common species in the 

 lower hills. It is in all its forms an admirable mimic of species of Danais 

 and Euploea. In Ceylon tlie light form mimics D. Umniace, Cramer, the 

 diwk form E. asela, Moore, and E, montana, Felder. Dr. Moore gives 

 the food-plant of the larva as Tetranthera. 



181. Papilio crino, Fabricius. 



Moore as Harimala montcmus, Felder, originally described fi-om 

 " Rambodde, Ceylon." In Ceylon it is common and widely distributed ; 

 tlie females are rare. It is less common in the higher hills, where it 

 is probably a passenger only ; it is abundant at Kandy, and common 

 in the Northern Province as far north as Anaradhapura, in June, July 

 and December. Hothschild says that the aberration montamis without 

 woolly stripes on the forewing on the upperside along the veins 

 of the male occurs all over the area of P. crino, which is throughout 

 Southern India, the Central Provinces, Orissa and Bengal. The larva 

 feeds on the leaves of the satin-wood tea in Ceylon. 



182. PAriLio ALCiBiADES, Fabricius. 



Moore as Pathysa antiphates, Cramer. Rare and local in Ceylon, 

 it seems to be more partial to the eastern aud drier parts of the island. 

 The parent form P. antiphates is from Eastern China, while P. alcihiades 

 is found in India, Burma, the Malay Peninsula, and in many of the 

 Malayan Islands. Rothschild describes the aberration ceylonicus, Eimer, 

 as having " Two basal black bands on the upperside of the forewing 

 extending beyond the median nervure ; the fourth band broad and 

 reaching the median nervure (not triangular). In these two char- 

 acters ab. ceylonicus agrees with typical P. antiphates, from which it 

 is distinguished by the greyish- black cnudal area of the upperside 

 of the hindwing being very much restricted." The larva feeds on 

 Unona. 



183. Papilio nomius, Esper. 



Moore as Pathysa nomius. Common and frequently abundant in 

 the North Central Province and on the Trincomali side of the Island. 

 It is fond of settling in large numbers together on damp patches of 

 sand. It flies in July and August, and again at the end of the year. It 



