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settled in river-beds and on wet roads. It occasionally can 
be taken at Haldummulla. The female is very common at 
Haldummulla at times, and is apparently given to flighting. 
I have taken it here in every month but February and March. 
The female bears no resemblance at all to the figure given 
in Moore. 
77, LYCHNOPSIS SINGALENSIS. Cyantris singalensis, M. and 
E.; Cyaniris huegeli singalensis, B. Found in Ceylon, Java, and 
Sumatra. 
Originally described from specimens taken at “ Kalu- 
pahana, about 3,000 feet.” I have no doubt this estate is 
referred to. 
The male is very plentiful at high elevations. It is chiefly 
found settling in stream-beds or on wet roads. Occasionally 
[ have taken specimens at Haldummulla, but they do not 
seem to descend below 3,000 feet. The female I have found 
extremely rare, and I know nothing of its habits. 
478. LYCHNOPSIS LANKA. Cyaniris lanka, M., B., E, 
Peculiar to Ceylon. 
The male is extremely plentiful at high elevations. At 
Ohiya, Pattipola, etc., it is usually the commonest blue. 
It sometimes descends as low as 3,000 feet. It is nearly 
always found settled on damp spots on the roads. The 
. female may be seen flying among the bushes, and settling 
occasionally at flowers. I have never taken one lower than 
5,500 feet, but a native collector brought me several from 
Haputale (4,800 ft.). 
“ The larva feeds on Smithia blanda, which grows in the 
damper portions of patanas. The egg is deposited on the 
stem at the foot of the flower bud’ (F. M. Mackwood in 
“Spohia Zeylanica,”’ Vol. [X., Part XXXVI.). 
79. Lyc@nopsis LimBATa. Cyaniris limbata, B. and E.; 
Cyaniris limbatus, De N. 
Also found in India and Sumatra. It is not mentioned by 
Moore. The male “ differs from C. singalensis, Felder, only 
in the colour of the upper side being of a deeper shade; 
the markings of the under side in that species are perhaps 
