Fam. PSYLLIDÆ, Latr.
- Psylla, Goff.
- *marginalis, Wlk.
Fam. COCCIDÆ, Leach.
- Lecanium, Illig.
- Coffeæ, Wlk.
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The butterflies I have seen in these wonderful migrations in Ceylon were mostly Callidryas Hilariæ, C. Alcmeone, and C. Pyranthe, with straggling individuals of the genus Euplæa, E. Coras, and E. Prothoe. Their passage took place in April and May, generally in a north-easterly direction. The natives have a superstitious belief that their flight is ultimately directed to Adam's Peak, and that their pilgrimage ends on reaching the sacred mountain. A friend of mine travelling from Kandy to Kornegalle, drove for nine miles through a cloud of white butterflies, which were passing across the road by which he went.
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Nat. Journal, p. 39.
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Republished in the Ann. Nat. Hist.
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Sternocera Chrysis; S. sternicornis.
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Of the family of Elateridæ, one of the finest is a Singhalese species, the Campsosternus Templetonii, of an exquisite golden green colour, with blue reflections (described and figured by Mr. WESTWOOD in his Cabinet of Oriental Entomology, pl. 35, f. 1). In the same work is figured another species of large size, also from Ceylon, this is the Alaus sordidus.—WESTWOOD, l. c. pl. 35, f. 9.