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tg. LrTHE (HANIPHA) DYNSATE, M.; Lethe (Debis) 
dynsate, E. 
Peculiar to Ceylon anid a great rarity. Moore separates 
the variety from the Hills as H. simhala: he says the female 
differs from female dynsate as follows: Narrower discal 
band on fore wing, more defined apical white and black spots 
on fore wing, under side fore wing has five sub-marginal spots 
instead of four, hind wing has all the spots smaller. He does 
not describe the male of the Hill form. From the limited 
material at my disposal I would say that both sexes of the 
Hill form differ from Ratnapura specimens in having the 
ocelli on the under side of the hind wing very minute; the 
discal white band on the fore wing of the female is also much 
narrower. 
I have no personal experience of the habits of the low- 
country form as I owe my specimens to Mr. Mackwood’s 
generosity, but I have seen a fair number of the males of the 
Hill form in the jungles from Haputale to Ohiya, and the 
Horton Plains. Ona fine morning they fly rapidly round the 
tree tops, usually settling high up. Occasionally they descend 
within reach, and a very quick stroke will catch them. Un- 
fortunately their wings are very fragile, and the stroke must 
be quick, so I have damaged all I have caught. 
I have tried sugaring for them without result so far but 
I am confident that they will come if I can find the right bait, 
or time of day. 
20. LETHE DRYPETIS, M.,DeN.,B.; Lethe dry petis todara, E. 
According to Moore drypetis from Ceylon differs from 
todara of S. India by having, in the male, ‘“‘ three submarginal 
very indistinct small black spots ’’ on the upper side of the 
hind wing, and, in the female, the. white discal band on the 
fore wing is ‘‘ macular,’ while in fodara it is “irregular.” 
The discal band in the female varies in Ceylon ; usually it 
could not be rightly described as ‘‘macular,’”” but in some 
specimens, taken during the wet season at Kandy, it shows a 
tendency to break up into three spots and Moore evidently 
described drypetis from one of this type. De Nicéville says : 
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