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144, BINDAHARA suGRIVA, De N. Bindahara phoctdes, 
M. Bindahara sugriva moore, E. 
* Fruhstorfer says, B. phocides is found from Sikkim to 
Burma, with race moorei from Ceylon. He confines sugriva 
to Java. De Nicéville writes: “The male of B. sugriva is 
easily enough recognised by the blue fascia on the upper 
side of the hind wing, but I can find no character by 
which to distinguish the female of this species from that 
of B. phocides.” 
The larva feeds inside the fruit of a creeper, called by the 
Singhalese Himbatu (Salacea reticulata). An examination 
of these fruits will often show the eggs, usually near the stalk, 
and a hole by which the larva has entered. Curiously enough 
' there are almost invariably two or more eggs, but I have 
never found more than one larva in the fruit. 
When fully fed it leaves the fruit, and evidently burrows 
into the bark of some tree. I had great difficulty in rearing 
them at first, as, if they could not burrow to pupate, they 
died. I then gave them a sheet of cabinet cork, and it seemed 
to be just what they wanted ; the burrows were usually about 
one inch long. 
Note.—Do not cut open the fruit to get the larve, or they 
will probably die. 
My specimens show very little variation, except in size. 
Common at Haldummulla and I have also taken it at Galle, 
Kegalle, and Kandy, and found it plentiful at the hot springs 
near Trincomalie in October. 
PAPILIONID-. 
Prerine. 
145. NYCHITONA xIPHIA, M. Leptosia xtphia, B., E. 
Also found in India and Malaya. 
Very common in jungles all over the low-country. It 
becomes much scarcer above 2,500 feet elevation , and is 
rather a rarity at Haldummulla. A native collector once 
brought me a specimen said to have been caught at Ohiya 
(6,000 feet). Though mainly a jungle fly, it sometimes 
