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Galle, on nutmeg trees. If disturbed it almost always 
returns to the same tree at once, so is very easy to catch. 
I have specimens from Colombo and Ratnapura. 
117. AMBLYPODIA ORMISTONI. Riley. sp. nov. 
This butterfly was described by Mr. Riley in ‘“The Entomo- 
logist,”” Vol. LIII. May, 1920. Figures of ¢ and @ will be found 
on Plate 1, figs. 4 and qa. 
In April, 1917, I procured seven males and one female at 
Nakiadeniya, near Galle. The jungle where they were caught 
has now been felled and planted with rubber, but the butterfly 
should be found in the same district, or at Deniyaya. 
118. AMBLYPODIA ABSEUS MACKWOODI, ssp. nov. 
The race is peculiar to Ceylon, and the description by 
Capt. Riley will appear in “‘ Spolia Zeylanica,” Vol. XIL., 
part 46. See Plate 1, figs. 6 and 6a 
Typical abseus is found in South Burma and Malacca; A. 
abseus indicus, in Sikkim, Darjeeling, Burma, Siam, and 
Annam. Our form resembles typical abseus more than it 
does abseus indicus, which has much broader black borders 
to both wings. 
I have never taken this personally, though, when fishing 
at Ambawella (6,000 ft.) a small Amblypodza, settled close 
to me, which was either this or a new species. It is not very 
rare in the Hills above Ratnapura, and has been taken in 
Colombo. 
r18a. AMBLYPODIA BAZALOIDES. 
Two specimens in the Colombo Museum collection have 
been identified by Capt. Riley as belonging to this species. 
They are badly damaged and have no label of place or date 
of capture, so constitute very unsatisfactory evidence on 
which to add a new species to our lists. 
CURETINZ. 
IIg. CURETIS PHEDRUS. Curetis thetis, B., De N., E.; 
Curetis thetys, M. 
Dr. Chapman has published a revision of this genus, 
based on the genitalia, in “ Nov. Zool.”’ 22, p. 80, 1915. He 
