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(especially to overripe jak fruit), but is very shy. Possibly, 
like M. leda, both would come better at night, and be easier 
to catch. Personally f have not yet tried sugaring for them 
after 7 p.m. 
Bell says the females come to meet the males in their 
evening flight, and thinks they are attracted by the strong 
scent the males are notorious for. He describes the scent 
as that of a mixture of apples and lemons. (‘‘Common 
Butterflies of the Plains of India.’’) If this is so, the females 
might be caught by enclosing a few males in a muslin cage, 
and watching near, preferably after dark. 
A well-known haunt of the males is behind Kottawa rest- 
house, where the stream leaves the jungle. 
Common at Galle, Ratnapura, Balangoda, Avissawella, 
and probably in all bamboo jungle in the south-west of the 
Island. 
NYMPHALINZ:. 
30. CHARAXES (HARIDRA) PSAPHON. 
Moore describes the female as H. serendiba. 
It is confined to Ceylon, but is closely allied to C. tmna 
of S. India. De Nic‘ville distinguishes them as follows :— 
“Black border of male on hind wing very broad at costa, 
continuous = psaphon. Black border of male on hind wing 
iess broad, decreasing to distinct spots towards anal angle = 
wna.’ 
imate very closely to psaphon, but further north the diverg- 
ence increases, Ceylon specimens also vary considerably 
in the width of this band, and ‘in its continuation to the anal 
angle. 
It is not at all a rare insect in the low-country, but it is 
usually difficult to capture. The male is often seen sitting 
on wet patches on the roads, and comes readily to sugar or 
toddy. It is rather shy when settled on the roads, but 
I once caught six drinking at one patch of sap exuding from 
a tree, and it was not easy to drive them off. The females 
also come to sugar occasionally, but are very shy and 
difficult to approach. 
He says that S. Indian specimens of tmna approx- 
