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interspaces I and 2. The females have both these spots 
crowned with orange. It is very variable in size and in ~ 
the ground colour of the under side, and in the amount of 
blue on the upper side of the female. 
It is very plentiful in the Northern Province, but very 
local elsewhere. Itis rare at Haldummulla, and I have taken 
one specimen at Galle. In S$. India it is frequently a 
serious pest to the gram crops, 
106. CATACHRYSOPS PANDAWA LANKA, E. 
106A. CATACHRYSOPS CONTRACTA NILA, E. 
There are two very-distinct forms of pandava in Ceylon, 
which apparently do not fly together, and might be separated 
as different races, if not species :— 
(1) The large form. Average about 30 mm. 
The male is a bright lavender-blue, with the veins very 
clearly marked. The fore wing with a brown terminal border 
over I mm. wide. Hind wing with a sub-terminal series of 
black spots, edged outwardly by a white line, the one in 
interspace 2 being sometimes inwardly bordered by red. 
Under side hind wing: sub-basal row of four black spots 
edged with white. 
(2) Thesmall form. Average about 20 mm. 
The male is a rather dull violet-blue (almost matching E. 
parrhasius 3}, the markings of the veins very indistinct. 
The brown marginal border on the fore wing is extremely 
narrow, and the sub-terminal spots and white line on the 
hind wing are wanting, except in interspaces 1 and 2. Under 
side hind wing : sub-basal row of three black spots, of which 
the lower is often very indistinct. 
The two females are very similar, but the qeelict race have 
the blue on the upper side much darker, and on the under 
side show only three sub-basal spots instead of four The 
eyes are smooth. 
The large race is very common in the low-country of Uva, 
and is a very rare visitor to Haldummulla. I have not taken 
it above 3,000 feet. 
The males settle in numbers on wet patches on the roads 
