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the latter was seen), both of them species which I had taken in. the 
same place previously. 1 It is somewhat remarkable that on neither 
visit did I see Yphthima ceylonica. A few Neptis varmona, Atdla 
phalantha , and Precis iphita were observed and one Hypolimnas 
bolina, while Limenitis calidasa sat on a leaf high out of reach. The 
Blue Admiral, Vanessa haronica, was very decidedly cryptic when 
settled on the bare mottled, purplish-grey rocks, and by no means 
easy to capture, but after some manoeuvring up and down the bed 
of the stream I at length secured a specimen. 
The commonest Blue, especially near water, was Cyaniris singa- 
lensis, Feld, (which Bingham regarded as a race of huegeli , Moore); 
they were all males, and several of them had a sweet scent, but not 
of the chocolate-vanilla type, common to so many Blues. Of C. lim- 
bata, Moore, I took but one, not distinguishing it at the time from 
the preceding. Curiously enough I do not seem to have met with 
any Lycaenids other than these two. 
Catopsilia pomona was decidedly common, once more showing a 
partiality for the blue flowers of Vervain (Stachytarpheta) ; the only 
other Pierines were Terias hecabe and silhetana , which occurred in 
about equal numbers. 
Several examples of Papilio teredon , Feld, (regarded by Bingham 
as a race of sarpedon, Linn.), were seen; it was noticed that they 
did not flutter when settled on damp sand; a single P. parinda and 
one or two P. agamemnon also f put in an appearance. But the 
Papilio characteristic of Hatton was unquestionably P. helenus , 
Linn., f. mooreanus, Rothsch., which was almost common along the 
stream. Its scheme of colour, black with a squarish cream-coloured 
patch, is chaste and effective; its flight was somewhat wild, but 
near the Tamils’ drinking-place a couple were netted sitting quite 
close together. On another occasion three were seen drinking 
together, their wings but three-quarters open, so that the cream- 
coloured spot on the hind-wings was entirely concealed and they 
appeared to be black uniformly. This species flutters when drinking. 
But though this Papilio was the biggest thing I took at Hatton, 
it was not the best, for the very dark, almost black Skipper, Hantana 
inf emus, Feld., is distinctly rare; it is (for a Skipper) a slow flyer, 
and I secured three specimens which were all seen to settle on the 
underside of leaves with wings fully expanded. The only other 
Skippers actually captured were Notocrypta feisthamelii, which settled 
with its wings up, and a female Celaenorrhinus spilothyrus } Feld. 
The latter is a conspicuous insect with a moderately quick flight; it 
1 See p. 116. 
