58 THE BUTTERFLIES OF CEYLON 
It is not given to settling on wet roads, but is usually found 
on bushes at the edge of jungle. 
I found it very common near Galle in February and March, 
but have never seen it in the North of the Island. It is very 
plentiful at Kandy and in nearly all fields of cardamoms, 
gg. LAMPIDES CORUSCANS. 
Peculiar to Ceylon and very local. The extremely dentate 
sub-marginal line on the under side distinguishes it at once 
from all other Ceylon species of the genus. The male varies 
little, but the female varies in the amount of blue on the upper 
side. 
It is not rare in the jungles below Haldummulla, and I 
have found it gregarious, several being usually found flutter- 
ing round one small tree or bush. Other localities are 
Watering Point, Galle, Kottawa, Deniyaya, Balangoda, and 
Ratnapura. 
too. LAMPIDES LACTEATA, B. and E. Lampides pseudelpis, 
M. De N. Peculiar to Ceylon. 
Bingham thought it might be “an occasional variation ” 
of L. elpis but it flies all the year round with that species 
and never shows any sign of grading. 
The differences from elpis are very marked. In the ¢ it is 
best distinguished by the absence of the sub-terminal row 
of black spots on the hind wing, and the much narrower 
terminal black border of the upper wing. In the Q the 
ground colour is much paler, and the basal half of the costa 
is blue, not black as in e/pis ; it is much more like the female 
celeno than elpis. In both sexes the large spot in interspace 
2 of the under side of the hind wing is very different, being 
larger and roughly pentagonal, instead of round as in elpis, 
The genitalia of the males differ from those of elpis and 
celeno. It is not given to settling on wet roads. 
Not common at Haldummulla, but may be taken in May, 
June, November, and December. 
I have also taken it at Wellawaya and Monaragala, and 
have received specimens from Ratnapura, Kandy and 
Deniyaya. 
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