108 THE BUTTERFLIES OF CEYLON 
years” experience I am still sometimes deceived by it. I 
imagine that protection is most needed by the female when 
laying her eggs ; she would then probably be hovering slowly 
over the cinnamon, etc., and her mimicry would be most 
advantageously displayed. The pupa is a most wonderful 
example of camouflage. It is fixed to a branch so as to 
exactly resemble the end of a broken twig, and I have found 
it difficult to distinguish even in a breeding cage. 
I have found dissimtlis rather more plentiful than lankes- 
wara, but neither form iscommon. The best localities I have 
noticed are the road from WeHawaya to Muppane, and 
Dambulla. I have also taken it at Haputale (5,000 feet), 
Haldummulla, and Galle, but have not yet seen it in the 
Northern Province. 
183. PAPILIO CRINO with gf. MONTANUS, B. Harimala 
montanus, M.; Achillides crino fruhstorfert, E.; P. crino 
is found in India. Evans gives fruhstorfert as the Ceylon 
race. Bingham says: “Var. montanus, Felder, was founded 
on specimens devoid of the cottony scent streaks on the upper 
side of the fore wing.’’ These streaks are present in the male 
in a fair proportion of Ceylon specimens, but those without 
them are usually the commoner. 
It is especially abundant in the low-country of Uva and 
the North-Central Province, but is common everywhere in 
the low-country, except in the extreme north. I have seen 
it once in the Mannar District. Individuals which are 
apparently “ flighting ’’ appear all the year round in the hills. 
I once saw a very big flight at Galle in March, the direction 
was south-west, viz., straight out to sea. It continued for 
three or four days, and enormous numbers must have 
perished in the sea. 
The male is often to be found settled in numbers in the 
sandy river-beds, and is very easy to catch. The females 
are not easy to procure in good condition. They can be 
distinguished by the narrower green band on the fore wing, 
and there is also usually a diffuse orange spot near the apex 
of the hind wing above. 
