34 THE BUTTERFLIES OF CEYLON 
Haronica.—‘‘ Light red, spotted with black, the segments 
divided by blackish and purplish lines, anal segment slightly 
humped, segments armed with eight longitudinal rows of © 
yellow branched spines. ”’ 
Common at Haldummulla and fairly easy to catch. It 
comes readily to sugar, but is very shy. Very common at 
Haputale and Ohiya, but seems scarcer at lower elevations, 
though a few have been taken at Galle. 
88, KALLIMA HORSFIELDI PHILARCHUS, E.; Kallima 
philarchus , M, and De. N.; Kallima horsfieldt, B. 
Peculiar to Ceylon, but it is questionable whether it is 
distinct from horsfieldi ._ K. mackwoodi appears to be the 
dry season form, in which the ground colour and discal 
band are paler in colour. The two discal hyaline spots 
are very variable in size in both the wet and dry season forms. 
Rare at Haldummulla except in December. The flight 
nearly always starts in Christmas week and only lasts a 
few days. In December, 1914, they arrived early in Decem- 
ber, and were plentiful for the whole of that month, but at a 
higher elevation they remained in fair numbers till April. 
During these flights they are common on the Horton Plains 
(over 7,000 feet) but seldom seem to reach Nuwara Eliya. 
In parts of the low-country of Uva they are often very 
abundant in July, but very few migrate up-country then. 
It is in this brood that dry season forms are most likely to be 
taken. They are extremely easy to catch, as they cannot 
refuse toddy, treacle, etc., especially if mixed with rum. 
They are pursued by Drongoes (Dicrurus leucopygialts) 
but I have never seen one eaten, the bird almost invariably 
taking a triangular piece out of one of the lower wings. 
Whether he finds this distasteful or not I cannot say, but he 
never seems to continue the pursuit of that individual, 
though the next one to pass is probably treated in the same 
manner. At least 50 per cent. of those taken at sugar in 
open country will be found to have been damaged. The 
birds seem quite unable to see them when settled, though 
they do not make the most of their resemblance to a dead 
