1899.] L. de Niceville— i^5« of fhe Butterflies of Ceylon. 233 



hindwing very broad and well defined. Tfc is found in the low country 

 and up to 6,000 feet elevation ; we have specimens from Colombo taken 

 in June, and Trincoraali taken in September and November. The larva 

 has been reared on a climber, Bourea or Derris, in South India, where 

 alone in addition to Ceylon it is found. Messrs. Elwes and Edwards 

 sink this species as a synonym of ^^ Hasoi'a^^ chromus, Cramer. 



226. BiBASis SENA, Moore. 



E,are in Ceylon, recorded fronj Kandy. It is found also in South 

 India, the Western Himalayas, Sikkim, Assam and Siam. The larva 

 feeds on Gomhretum and Hiptage. 



227. Badamia exclamationis, Fabricius. 



A common low country insect ; found also in the middle hill 

 district of Ceylon. It has an immense range, occurring throughout 

 India, in China, Malaya to Australia and in the South Sea Islands. 

 The larva feeds on Terminalia, FiciiSy Linociera, and Oonihretum, 



228. Rhopalocampta benjaminii, Guerin. 



Moore as Ghoaspes benjamini. Not uncommon in the middle hill 

 district of Ceylon from May to November, but difficult to capture in 

 good condition. It is found also in South India, the Himalayas, Assam, 

 Burma, Indo-China, China, Japan and Borneo (Druce). Dr. Moore 

 describes the larva, but does not mention its food-plant. In India it 

 feeds on Sabia and Meliosma. 



The late Herr Carl Plotz in Berl. Ent. Zeitsch, vol. xxix, p. 226, n. 7 

 (1885), and in Stet. Ent Zeit., vol. xlvii, p. 92, n. 93c (1886), described 

 a Hesperia taprobanus from Ceylon. Herr G. Weymer has sent 

 de Niceville a coloured drawing of the type specimen in Herr Carl 

 Ribbe's collection, from which it appears to be the same species as 

 Zea mythecoides from Celebes described by de Niceville in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. xii, p. 157, n. 23, pi. AA, figs. 33, male ; 34, female 

 (1898). Herr Weymer notes that the species occurs at Tombugu in 

 East Celebes. It is certainly not a Ceylonese species, and de Niceville's 

 name will stand for it, as Taprobana being the ancient name for Ceylon 

 is misleading. Messrs. Elwes and Edwards do not mention this species 

 in their monograph. 



Again, Herr Plotz in Stet. Ent. Zeit., vol. xlvii, p. 106, n. 456 

 (1886), described Apaustus luteipalpis from Ceylon. As far as his poor 

 description goes it applies to the female of lambrix salsala, Moore, 

 (No. 200 ante) and is probably that species A. luteipalpis is not given 

 by Messrs. Elwes and Edwards. 



