78 THE BUTTERFLIES OF CEYLON 
very rare and local. It was plentiful at Kandy in August, 
1918, and I have seen specimens from Kottawa and Deniyaya. 
I have never, personally, caught a specimen. 
135. CATAPACILMA ELEGANS. 
Found in India, Burma, and Malaya. 
Fruhstorfer gives elegans as from Borneo, with race 
myosotina from S. India and Ceylon. 
When I first came to this estate in 1889, this butterfly was 
plentiful on one field of tea. An adjoining chena was then 
cleared, and it entirely disappeared, and I never saw another 
specimen till August, 1915, when I took a male near Haldum- 
mulla kaddies. I have since obtained two more specimens 
from Haldummulla. 
I have never come across it in my travels, and the native 
collectors have never brought me a specimen, so it must be 
very rare, or local. 
136. LoxuRA ATYMNUS ARCUATA, E. Loxura arcuata, 
M.; Loxura atymnus, DeN. 
L. atymnus is found in India, Burma, Malaya, China, etc. 
arcuata is the common form in Ceylon. De Nicéville thinks 
it not even worthy to rank as a local race. Fruhstorfer thinks ~ 
the opposite. 
It varies greatly in the shade of the ground colour, the 
amount of black on the lower wing, and the markings on the 
under side I have noticed that the colour fades a great 
deal if it is left too long in the cyanide bottle. 
It is very common in the southern part of the Island, 
and is generally seen fluttering along the edges of jungles or 
chenas. 
137. DEUDORIX EPIJARBAS. 
Also found in India, Malaya, China, etc. 
Common at Haldummulla, especially when flighting. 
There was a very large flight in August, 1915, travelling west, 
and small ones often arrive about December. 
I noticed an exceptionally large flight at Pattipola in 
November, 1917, flying south. 
I have also taken it at Galle, Hambantota, Jaffna, Mannar, 
Anuradhapura, and Ratnapura. 
