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CEYLON 
I had many opportunities of watching it, and many times saw it settle 
head downwards, and certainly on at least three occasions observed 
that peculiar movement of the hind-wings which has been noted in 
so many of the Lycaenidae. Taking all my observations together 
it may be asserted that its male has a sweet scent, though this 
must be much fainter than in many Blues. In one specimen only 
did I note the scent as “ decided,” my wife then comparing it to 
hair-oil. The exquisite L. ladeata , de Nicev., has the reputation of 
being a rare species, but I took one specimen during my flying 
visit to Kandy in 1904, while on my second visit I was fortunate 
enough to secure twelve specimens, though four of them were in 
poor condition; all save one were males, while of the allied L. elpis, 
Godart, usually considered a commoner insect, I took but six, all 
males. At the time of capture all were examined for scent alike; 
the diagnosis of the species being made for the most part in England. 
It is therefore the more interesting to find that nine of the lacteata 
are noted as having a scent suggestive of chocolate or vanilla, 
whereas in five of the elpis a scent described as “ sweet,” but once as 
“ ? clover ” was noted; seemingly it was not nearly so obvious as in 
the other species. Elpis is a wide-ranging species, but ladeata is 
confined to Ceylon. To me the difference between the two scents 
found in two forms, the distinctness of which has been doubted, is a 
matter of great interest. Two specimens of L. elpis were seen settled 
head downwards; one of them first settled with its head up, but 
forthwith turned round. One example of L. celeno had suffered a 
severe injury, apparently at the mouth of a lizard, the whole hind 
margin of one hind-wing together with an angular, adjoining portion 
of the fore-wing being absent. 
There was yet another member of the genus, Lampides boclms, 
Cram., which in numbers did not fall far short of celeno . The males 
darting about in the brilliant sun reminded me of floating spangles 
in a pantomime. One example was seen settled head downwards. 
I did not see a single Catochrysops at Kandy, but Tarucus was 
represented by two plinius , Fabr. Of Castalius I got two rosimon , 
both females, several ethion, and several decidia , Hew. 
Of course Polyommatus baeticus was well to the fore, it frequents 
the flowers of low plants, seldom rising far from the ground. It was 
especially abundant on Lady Blake’s Drive by the banks of the 
Mahaweli-ganga. Several were watched as they sat head downwards 
moving their hind-wings. The male has a moderately strong scent 
like that of Meadow-sweet. 
Of the Thecloid groups of the Lycaenids I was not fortunate 
