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SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
Maskeliya^ Diyatalawa, Bandarawela, Madulsima, Lunugala, 
Badulla, Alutnuwara, Arawa. 
Abundant in grassy places throughout the low-country and in 
the hills up to an elevation of about 2,000 feet, above which height 
it becomes decidedly scarce. 
E. liophanes was originally described from Reunion, and I 
found it abundantly in Mahe (Seychelles). It is probably widely 
distributed. 
Early Stages. —In spite of the abundance of the imago, I have 
never yet been able to find the larva. At Weligama the moths 
were very common around plants of Sida humilis , but a search on 
these yielded nothing. 
It is a curious fact that in the original drawings* by W. de Alvis 
for Moore’s “ Lepidoptera of Ceylon,” an unpublished plate ap¬ 
parently represents this little moth together with its larva and 
pupa. They are drawn of the natural size ; the larva is coloured 
yellowish-brown, lighter below, with three small black spots on each 
segment, and moderately hairy ; the pupa very slender, nearly 
black. 
The moths are often to be found paired during the forenoon, so 
that local entomologists who reside on shore should have little 
difficulty in working out the life-history. 
Sub -family . — AL U Cl TIN JE. 
Pterophorus, Geoffroy. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
i Ground-colour of f.w. whitish or gray . . lienigianus 
jGround-colour of f.w. ochreous-white . . sematias 
Pterophorus lienigianus, Zell. 
Lienigianus. —Zeller, Linn. Ent., VI., 380 ; South, Entom., XV., 
105, t. 2, f. 3 ; Leech, Brit. Pyral., p. 63., t. 17, f. 10 ; Hofmann, 
Deutscher Pteroph., p. 171 ; Meyrst, Handbook, p. 439 ; Meyr., T. 
E. S., 1907, 497. 
Serindibanus. —Moore, Lep. Ceylon, III., 527, t. 209, f. 14. 
Distribution. —Anuradhapura, Galle, Trincomalee, Maskeliya, 
Pundalu-oya, Pattipola, Nuwara Eliya, Madulsima. 
Widely distributed in the island, but appears to be more common 
in the hill districts. Outside Ceylon it is found in Central Europe 
and extends to the South of England ; it has also been recorded 
from India. 
Early Stages.— The early stages have not yet been found in Ceylon. 
In Europe the larva feeds on the terminal leaves of Artemisia 
* These original drawings are now preserved in the Colombo Museum 
Library. 
