136 THE BUTTERFLIES OF CEYLON 
of the wings and prehensores they are identical with this 
species. 
I have dissected many specimens with both bright and dull 
coloured under sides and find the prehensores to be identical. 
See Plate 5, figs. 41 to 44. The clasp answers exactly to Elwes | 
and Edwards’ illustration of that of austeni, the tegumen, 
however, is quite distinct from that of either austent or kumara 
though nearer to that of the former. 
Female—-Expanse 42-48 mm. Spots on fore wing in I, 2, 
3, 4, 6, 7, and 8. The spot in 8 is sometimes missing, and 
there is occasionally a second minute spot in 1 just below 
vein 2. The wings are broader in proportion to their length, 
the termen and dorsum of the fore wing being almost equal. 
The colour of the under side and cilia are identical with No. 
224. There is always a diffuse spot in interspace 1 below, 
and often a second very minute one touching vein 2. The 
hind wing is always unspotted. 
I have examined several specimens from Coorg and 
Kanara. The prehensores are extremely near to those of 
our form, the clasp seems to be identical, but the tegumen 
differs slightly. The males from Coorg are like ours, but the 
4 males from Kanara all showed a minute spot above vein 1 
of the fore wing. This is extremely rare in Ceylon 
specimens. Moore says, the female kumara has on the under 
side of the hind wing “an indistinct yellow discal spot 
between the two lower median veins.”’ Ihave never found 
this spot in Ceylon specimens, but it is present in all the 
Coorg females that I have examined, and in one from Coorg, 
and in all those from Kanara, it is very distinct, and there 
is also a smaller spot in interspace 3. 
I have one very battered specimen of a female from 
Haldummulla, which shows no spot in interspace 1 of the fore 
wing above, and only a small very diffuse one below. 
It is a hill insect and occasionally appears in great numbers 
on the Haldummulla-Horton Plains bridle road, and a few 
can be taken as low as 3,000 feet here. It is abundant on 
the hills above Ratnapura. It usually settles low along the 
roadsides, and does not fly far if disturbed. 
