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The female is seen up-country far more often than the male, 
but it is then nearly always flying very fast ; it seldom seems 
to settle, and is almost impossible to catch. The greatest 
elevation at which I have seen it is at Haputale, 4,800 feet. 
It is most plentiful in Uva during the SW. monsoon, 
but it is not rare in March and April. 
3r. CHARAXES FABIUS.—Fruhstorfer calls the Ceylon 
race cerynthus . 
Also found in India and Burmah. 
The @ @ have much longer tails than the ¢ ¢. 
The habits of the males are very much like those of male 
psaphon. They are frequently seen on the wet roads in the 
low-country- of Uva, and come readily to sugar or toddy. 
The females apparently do not ‘flight’ at high elevations like 
female psaphon, but I have seen a specimen taken at 
Nakiadeniya, near Galle, which is a very long way from its 
usual haunts. . 
It may be taken in the dry low-country all the year round 
and I have noticed it at Anuradhapura, Trincomalie, and 
Jaffna. It is very rare at Haldummulla but abundant at 
Wellawaya. 
32. EULEPIS ATHAMAS AGRARIUS, E.; Eulepis athamas, 
B., De N.; Eulepis samatha, M. 
-E. athamas is found all over India and Burmah. Messrs. 
Rothschild and Jordan separate agrarius as a race occurring 
in S. India and Ceylon. E. samatha and agrarius differ 
mainly from athamas in being smaller and having the 
greenish yellow band narrower. De Nicéville writes: ‘‘ The 
only conclusion I can come to after a patient examination of 
all the facts, in conjunction with a very large series of 
specimens from nearly every part of India, is that there is 
but one species, C. athamas, which is variable in all the 
characters which have been taken by different writers in 
describing the many species which are said to be allied to, 
but different from, the parent species, and that these varia- 
tions are not confined to any particular geographical range 
of country, nor are they constant,’’ 
