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Moore), and P. colctca (cingala), Moore. Of the first I got five, of the 
second one, and of the third eleven specimens at Kandy. It is curious 
that of the last Messrs, de Niceville and Manders say: “We have 
no exact locality for this species from Ceylon, and Moore gives 
none. 5 ' I cannot be more “ exact ” than to state that ten of mine 
came from Lady Horton’s Drive, sensu largiori ; one from the 
road above the Reservoir, while I got yet another from near the 
Abhayagiriya Dagoba at Anuradhapura. 
P. mathias rests with all the wings up; P. colaca with fore-wings 
quite, hind-wings nearly up, but both sloped back. 
High above the reservoir which supplies Kandy with water, one 
sunless afternoon I took a specimen of the large but dull Parata 
butleri , Auriv. ( alexis , Moore, nee Fabr.), it was on a Vernonia flower. 
A single specimen of the rare Bibasis sena , Moore, an insect much 
like the last, but larger, was taken on the hill-top above Lady 
Horton’s Drive; it is very inconspicuous for its size, and when at 
rest folds its hind-wings. Another species of similar general look, 
Badamia exclamationis, Fabr., was a little commoner; it was taken 
on Vernonia flowers, sitting with all its wings up and much sloped 
back, the hind-wings being folded. One specimen was seen to settle 
under a leaf. It is not easy to get these large Skippers in good 
condition as they are violent in their ways, and moreover their scales, 
especially those of the thorax, are but loosely attached. 
So much for the Butterflies. I scarcely worked for Moths, save 
to box such as came to the lights of the hotel. These included two 
species of Syntomid: the dingy Syntomis passalis, Fabr. (two), my 
wife also found under a stone near the hotel a pupa from which the 
moth emerged in four days; and the black and white S. cyssea, Stoll, 
(four), two of f. georgina, Butl., and two of f. cysseoides, Butl. The 
tiny JEressa subaurata , Walk., occurred on a wall in the hotel 
garden. 
Though small in size the Lithosiines were amongst the most 
characteristic of the visitors to the lights. Of these the commonest 
was the little speckled grey and black Siccia ( Aemene ) taprobanis , 
Walk., but of the neat cream-colour and black S. guttulosana, Walk., 
there came but one. Several species of Asura ( Setina ), buff-coloured 
insects suggestive of, but smaller than, our irrorella, Linn., were 
taken; A. solita , Walk., five ; A. arcuata , Moore, two ; and A. semi¬ 
fascia, Walk., one. Gampola fasciata, Moore, and Bema (Katha) 
brevipennis, Walk., are both obscure species which occurred singly; 
so also did Chamaita (Homopsyche) nympha, Moore (a close ally of 
our Nudaria). More distinctive was Chionaema (Bizone ) peregrina , 
