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and they seldom settle. In the low-country they fly, as a 
rule, close to the ground, visiting flowers, and are very easv 
to catch. In November, rg1r4, I saw a fair number far out 
to sea, off the Indian and Ceylon coasts, several of which 
came on board the ship. At Kankesanturai, on the north 
coast, I have often noticed its gregarious habits when roosting 
for the night, a dozen or more settling on a single palmvra 
leaf. 
The female is much more difficult to procure in good con- 
dition than the male. It can be distinguished by the much 
duller colour of the crimson spots and the greater amount of: 
black on the upper surface of the abdomen. 
176. PAptLio (MENELAIDES) JoPuON. Peculiar to Ceylon, 
and confined to the wet zone. 
I have taken it at Flpitiya and Kottawa in the Galle 
yistrict, and single very battered specimens at Kegalle and 
Rambukkana. The latter place is, I imagine, quite its most 
northern limit. [ am told that it is quite common at times 
at Ratnapura, and at Udagama and Deniyaya in the Southern 
Province. I have noticed very little variation, except in 
size. 
It is very easy to catch in the early morning or late evening, 
but it flies very high in the middle of the day in fine weather. 
177. Papitio (MENELAIDES) ARISTOLOCHIA CEYLONICA, 
E. Menelaides cevlonica, M.; Paptlo aristolocha. var. 
cevlonica, B. 
Peculiar to Ceylon, but is only a race of the Indian P. 
avistoloche@. 
Bingham says: ‘‘ Var. ceylenica has a white spot at the 
apex of the cell of the hind wing.’’ The great majority ci 
Ceylon specimens show this spot, but others without it are 
not very rare, and are widely scattered in different localities 
in both the wet and dry seasons. I have one specimen, a 
female, from Giants Tank, Mannar, which not only has no 
white in the cell, but the white spots do not commence till 
at least 4mm. below it. These spots are much reduced in 
size, the one in interspace 5 being almost obsolete. the 
black on the upper surface of the abdomen is much reduced. 
