THE BUTTERFLIES OF CEYLON 43 
Moore describes the female as blue glossed, but not the 
male. Bingham says the female usually has no blue, but 
occasionally there are a few blue scales. I have never seen 
a female from Ceylon which showed any trace of blue. 
Bingham’s figure is not at all like our Ceylon specimens ; in 
neither male nor female is the black border of the fore wing 
extended to the tornus. 
A very local insect but plentiful where it occurs. It is 
usually found near streams in the Hills, the male settling on 
wet patches on the roads, and the females hovering among 
the bushes, and settling frequently on flowers. It is common 
at Haldummulla and Haputale, especially during the NE. 
monsoon, March and April being the best months. I have 
also taken it at Nuwara Eliya. 
76. LYCHNOPSIS PUSPA. Cyaniris puspa, B. and E;,; 
Cyaniris lavendularts, M. Found also in India and Malaya. 
“Var. lavendularts, Moore, has the costal and terminal 
margins of both fore and hind wings more narrowly bordered 
with black than in typical puspa, but seems otherwise 
indistinguishable ’’ (Bingham). 
This seems a very constant feature of the males in Ceylon, 
and it is questionable if Moore’s name should not stand for 
our race. I can see no difference in the genitalia of Ceylon 
and Indian specimens. | 
The males vary a great deal in the shade of blue, the 
amount of white, especially on the lower wing, and the clear- 
ness of the black marginal spots on the lower wing. Bingham 
says of these spots in puspa that “ these are formed, not by 
actual scaling, but by the dark markings of the under side, 
which show through more or less clearly.”’ This is not the 
case with Ceylon specimens, as the spots on the upper side 
are frequently far larger than those on the under side, and 
are occasionally very large and distinct above, when almost 
obsolete below. The female varies chiefly in the markings 
on the under side ; in some specimens these are comparatively 
small and indistinct, especially on the hind wing. 
The male is often very plentiful in the low-country of Uva, 
