228 L. de Niceville— iis^ of the Butterflies of Ceylon, [No. 3, 



201. Taractrocera m^vius, Fabricins. 



Moore as Taractocera msevius. A. very common insect in the low 

 country of Ceylon, but easily overlooked from its small size and jerky 

 flight amongst low herbage. It is very common on Ci'ow Island at tlie 

 mouth of the Kelani river in the spring and autumn. It occurs in 

 many parts of India and Burma, and in Borneo and Celebes. It has 

 never been bred. 



202. Ampittia dioscorides, Fabricius. 



Moore as A. maro, Fabricius, but dioscorides is an older name by 

 five years, vide Aurivillius, Ent. Tids., vol. xviii, p. 150, n. 65 (1897). 

 Common in the low and middle hill country of Ceylon in open waste 

 places. It has a wide distribution in India, Burma, the Malay Penin- 

 sula, Siam, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sumba, Sambawa, Celebes, Cerara, 

 Aru, Batjan, Halmaheira, Ke Isles, Hainan Island, and Northern China. 

 The larva feeds ou rice and grasses. 



203. Htarotis adrastus, Cramer. 



Not a common insect in the lower and middle liill districts, at 

 Kandy and Punduloya, in April and July. It is common in many parts 

 of India, Burma, Siam, the Andaman Isles, Sumatra, Java, Palawan, the 

 Pliilippines and Hong-Kong. In Sumatra the larva feeds on the rattan 

 cane, Calamus sp. 



204. Matapa aria, Moore. 



Found at Colombo and Kandy in Ceylon in the low country only 

 and is not common, flying in January and July more especially. It has 

 a wide range, being found in many parts of India, Burma, the Andaman 

 Isles, Sumatra, Nias, Java, Palawan, Bali, Lombok, Hong-Kong and 

 Hainan. The larva feeds on bamboo. 



205. Gangara thyrsis, Fabricius. 



Common in the plains and low country only of Ceylon, at Colombo 

 and Kandy. It has a wide range in India, Burma and Malaya. The 

 larva feeds on palms. 



206. Paduka lebadea, Hewitson. 



Moore as Matapa suhfasciata, Moore. Originally described by 

 Hewitson from Borneo. Dr. Moore's figure of his M. suhfasciata in 

 Lep. Cey. is extremely bad, and the description defective, no mention 

 being made of the remarkable secondary sexual characters on the upper- 

 side of tlie wings in the male. It is a very rare species everywhere, 



