BUTTERFLIES OF CEYLON. 
NYMPHALIDA 
Danaine. 
I. HeEsTIA Jasonta, De N., B., E. Nectaria jasonia. M. 
Fruhstorfer treats it as a race of the Malayan Lynceus. 
Peculiar to Ceylon. It differs from H. malabarica of S. 
India in having “the black spot in the cell of the upper wing 
large and confluent with the black costal patch above, and 
the three subapical spots large and coalescing.” (De N.) 
It is common in forests where there is a fairly heavy 
rainfall though occasionally specimens may be seen making 
long flights over the open country. 
The females have the wings broader in proportion to their 
length, and in specimens caught in the same district and 
season, are usually larger and lighter in colour. 
It is subject to great climatic variation, specimens from the 
wet low country being very much smaller and darker than 
those from the Hills. By far the smallest and darkest series 
I have seen were shown to me by Mr. F. M. Mackwood ; they 
were caught at Badura Eliya in the Kalutara district in 
July (wet season). The fore wing of an average male from 
Haputale measured 100 X35 m.m. while that of an average 
male from Galle measured 62x27 m.m. These two speci- 
mens are in the British Museum collection. 
It is found from sea level to an elevation of 5,000 feet at 
least, but I have never noticed it in the North or Eastern 
parts of the Island. It is fond of flying high but, when in 
reach, it is very easy to catch as it has a slow hovering flight. 
2. DANAIDA (RADENA) EXPROMPTA, M., De N. Radena 
vulgaris exprompta B. Radena similis exprompia E. 
Peculiar to Ceylon and only found in the South West of 
the Island. It is allied to D. vulgaris which is found 
in Burmah and Malaya. De Nicéville writes: “The true D. 
similis, which is a native of China and Formosa only really 
