THE BUTTERFLIES OF CEYLON 117 
It is common from sea level up to 5,000 feet at least, 
wherever there is a fair rainfall. It flies all the year round, 
but is most abundant at Haldummulla, near the changes of 
the monsoons. 
On the roads at Haldummulla large skippers are often met 
“ flighting ” west. When approaching they are inconspicu- 
ous, but when going away they show a lot of white. These 
flights are, I believe, almost entirely composed of T. distans 
and aiticus, but one specimen I succeeded in catching proved 
to be U. folus. In May, 1917, they were exceptionally 
numerous, and all I caught, or saw settled, were T. distans. 
When not flighting, it only flies a short distance, and settles 
with its wings expanded, usually on the under side of a leaf 
but often in the most conspicuous positions. ; 
194. TAGIADES LITIGIOSA. Tagiades atticus, M. Auri- 
villius has discovered that the name atticus is wrong for this 
species, and /1tigiosa is the oldest name for it. Fruhstorfer 
names the race from S. India and Ceylon, T. menaka vajuna. 
Also found in India, Burma, Malaya, etc. 
This is a very variable species ; as a rule, specimens from 
Kandy, Ratnapura, and other places in the wet zone are 
much smaller, and have less white than those from the 
highest elevations. The marginal spots on the hind wing 
vary greatly in size, but the one at the end of vein 1 is usually 
the largest. The black spot in the cell on the under side of 
the hind wing is frequently missing. In my series the number 
of hyaline spots on the fore wing varies from 5 to Io, the 
lowest one in the cell, and those in interspaces 2 to 5 being 
sometimes obsolete. The clasp is figured on Plate 4, fig. 8. 
I have noticed no variation in it so far, but have only been 
able to spare specimens for dissection from Kandy and Katna- 
pura (wet zone). 
It is much rarer at Haldummulla than distans, and far 
harder to catch, as it seldom seems to settle here. It is 
commoner at Haputale (5,000 feet), and I am told that it is 
abundant in Nuwara Eliya at times, though I have so far 
failed to get specimens from there. I can get plenty from 
Kandy. 
