THE BUTTERFLIES OF CEYLON 71 
De Nicéville distinguishes vulcanus from fusca as follows :— 
A. “ Male, upper side, hind wing (normally) not glossed 
with blue = vulcanus. B. Male, upper side hind wing 
glossed with blue = fusca.” 
Evans says of Ceylon specimens: ‘‘The orange anal patch 
on hind wing below is not extended upwards along dorsal 
margin as in continental specimens.” i.e., vulcanus. Our 
form rarely has the hind wing glossed with blue, and I have 
had specimens from Madras that seemed identical in all 
respects with specimens from Ceylon. 
The commonest Sfindasis in Ceylon. It varies greatly 
jn the amount of orange on the fore wing, and in size. On 
the upper side of the hind wing the orange anal patch 
is sometimes continued nearly the entire length of the termen. 
I have found it in the greatest abundance at Kankesan- 
turai, on the north coast, in December and January. Very 
common at Elephant Pass and Giants Tank in the Northern 
Province, on the hill behind Haldummulla Post Office, at 
Hambantota, and Tangalla. I have also taken it at Hapu- 
tale, Kandy, etc., but not, so far, at Galle. 
Its habits are the same as the last, and it is even easier to 
catch. At Kankesanturai I used the killing bottle instead of 
the net, as they were so difficult to disturb when feeding at 
flowers. 
I23a. SPINDASIS MINIMA, M. Spindasts fusca ab. minima, 
Riley. 
Peculiar to Ceylon, and. named from a single specimen 
which is in the British Museum collection. The illustration in 
“Lepidoptera Indica” is exceptionally bad and the locality of 
capture is not given. The under side is very distinct from 
that of any other Ceylon Spindasts and it is the smallest form 
we have, measuring only +2 in. in expanse. Capt. Riley has 
examined the genitalia, and found them closely allied to, 
but distinct from, those of fusca, and I understand that he 
decides that it is impossible to create a new species from a 
single specimen, in a genus where aberrations are as common 
as in Spindasis, and he classes it therefore as an aberration 
of fusca. 
