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but very small patch on fore wing, and the under side rather 
of the wet type.” Mr. Fairlie, the original discoverer, 
writes: ““At Manipai, Jaffna, I took races 2 and 3 of A. ictis, 
with race 1. and I consider these to be quite distinct from 
A. ictis No. 1. The blue iridescence on both wings of the 
male is more violet than in the Aphn@us you describe 
under A. nubilus, and spreads over a larger area of the 
fore wing in my specimens, and the under sides are paler 
red.”” See Plate 2, figs. 1. and Ia. 
The genitalia prove it to be a race of S. lunulifera. 
_126a. SPINDASIS GREENI. Spindasis lunulifera ab. green 
Riley. Described from a single male captured at Pundalu- 
oya. Evans thinks it a casual aberration of S. fusca. 
The genitalia prove its connection with S. lunulifera 
though they differ slightly from those of that species. 
As in the case of S. minima Capt. Riley does not see his 
way to create a new species in this genus from a single speci- 
men, 
127. SPINDASIS NUBILUS, M. 
This is treated in “‘ Lepidoptera Indica”’ as a variety of 
S lunulifera. The genitalia prove it to be allied to, but 
distinct from, that species. In Ceylon it is apparently con- 
fined to the Northern Province. 
Male :—-Upper side—ground colour dark black brown, a 
dark blue iridescence covering the lower half of the fore 
wing, and all the hind wing, except the anal patch which is 
dark red. The upper side resembles that of A. lohita, male, 
under side dark brick red with clearly defined markings; 
anal lobe with two large black spots, with a border above 
varying from orange to deep red. 
Female:—Upper side—ground colour lighter than in the 
male ; a small very diffuse orange spot on fore wing, the blue 
iridescence of the male being replaced by a dusting of grey 
blue scales. Under side as in the male. 
The very deep red of the under side is in striking contrast 
to the gamboge yellow of A ictis No. 1., with which it is 
found and they can at once be distinguished from one another, 
when settled, as far as they are visible 
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