230 L. de Niceville — Idst of the Butterflies of Ceylon, [No. 3, 



212. Halpe ceylonica, Moore. 



We have no exact records of the occurrence of this species in 

 Ceylon, though Messrs. Elwes and Edwards give it from thence and 

 from the Nilgiris. S. moorei, Watson, recorded by those gentlemen from 

 Calcutta, the Khasi Hills, Burma, Trichinopoli and the Andaman Isles, 

 is very doubtfully distinct from H. ceylonica, Messrs. Elwes and Edwards 

 saying that the discal band on the underside of the hindwing in 

 H, moorei is white, in H. ceylonica is yellowish-white, that it appears 

 oil tlie upperside in an indistinct suffused pale patch in H. moorei, but is 

 absent in H. ceylonica. These two cliaracters appear to us to be insuffi- 

 cient <o separate the two species, H. ceylonica being obviously a vaiiable 

 insect. Should they be proved to be one, Moore's name will stand for 

 the butterfly. Moore records J3. ceylonica from Mergui, captured in 

 January and March. It has not been bred. 



213. Halpe egena, Felder. 



Moore as H. hrunnea, Moore. Originally described from " Kallupa- 

 hani, Ceylon, 1 5th December." There is no doubt in de Niceville's mind 

 that H. hrunnea equals J3. egena as Dr. Moore suggests. H. egena is 

 not mentioned by Messrs. Elwes and Edwards. Herr Plotz records it 

 from Ceylon, to which island it appears to be confined, but we do not 

 know exactly *where it is found. In de Niceville's collection is a single 

 male from Punduloya, Moore described it from a single female example, 

 Elwes and Edwards have seen a single pair, so it must be very rare. 

 It has not been bred. 



214. Halpe decorata, Moore. 



A rare low country insect in Ceylon, to which Island it is restricted ; 

 recorded by Moore from Galle and Morowaka, and by Elwes and 

 Edwards from Awissawella, all on or near the coast. In de Niceville's 

 collection are specimens from Densworth, Awissawella, taken in July 

 by Mr. Thomas B. Butt. It has never been bred. 



215. Baoris oceia, Hewitson. 



Moore as B. penicillata, Moore. In Ceylon it is a very common low 

 country insect. It is found in many parts of India, Burma, the Anda- 

 man Isles, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, the Philippines and China. 

 The larva feeds on bamboo. 



216. Chapra mathias, Fabricius. 



Moore as 0. mathias and 0. agna, Moore. Widely distributed and 

 abundant generally in Ceylon, especially so in the low country. Its 

 habitat may be said to be Southern Asia from Syria on the west to 



