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1 and 2, each with a metallic blue-green spot attached to it ; marginal 

 line dark brown, a white thread inside it. Cilia of both wings white, con- 

 taining a medial, brown line. Antennae black, ringed with white ; head 

 and body above and below concolorous with the wings, abdomen whitish 

 beneath and at the sides. — Female. Upperside paler and duller blue, 

 the discal white patch on the fore wing larger, more complete and usually 

 oval-shaped. Underside as in the male but paler, and the white bands 

 broader. Expanse of wings, 28-34 mm. 



Za;7'a!.-—" Of the usual lycsenid shape, furnished with eleven tentacular 

 processes ; two on segment 3 ; a single one on segment 4 ; 3 on segment 

 5 ; 1 each on segments 6-9 ; 2 on segment 11 ; those on segments 3, 4, 7-9 

 all dorsal; one of 5 dorsal, two lateral ; the two on 11 lateral. Colour 

 being green in some places, brown in others." [Mackinnon and de NiceviUe), 



Pupa. — " Very short and thick for its length, with no medial girth. Colour 

 light green anteriorly, the wing-eases brown ; the abdominal segments 

 also brown ; green on the back of the body." (Mackinnon and de Niceville.) 



Habits. — The butterfly has much the habits of Fathinda amor 

 but is, perhaps, rather stronger on the wing; it flutters in much 

 the same way and sits on leaves. It does net come to flowers or 

 go to water and never comes into the open. It is a jungle species 

 but is found on the sea coast at sea-level in Kanara as well as in 

 the scrub-evergeen parts above the Ghats at 2,500'. It is most 

 decidedly rare in Kanara below the Ghats though more plentiful 

 above. It has been recorded from the Himalayas ; the Karen and 

 Shan Hills ; Sikkim and the Khasis ; Assam ; Orissa ; Kanai-a in 

 Bombay. The foodplant is given as Coriaria nejpalensis by Mackin- 

 non and de Niceville. 



188. Horaga cingalensis, Moore. — Male. Upperside of a brighter and 

 cleaner blue than in H. onyx. Fore wing : the outer margin more convex ; 

 the white patch usually smaller, not usually extending below vein 2 ; the 

 black, outer, marginal border narrowing hindwards. Hind wing : with the 

 upper tail (at the end of vein 3) in all the specimens we have seen, very 

 short, not half as long as it is in onyx. Underside : ground colour similar. 

 Fore wing : with the margins of the white band more even, making the 

 band somewhat bottle shaped. Hindwing : the band narrower, straighter, 

 not constricted at its middle ; the anal markings somewhat similar, but 

 the space between the anal, black spot and the black spot in the first 

 interspace is white speckled with black atoms ; there is an extra subter- 

 minal, small, black spot in the third interspace and each spot and mark 

 in each interspace is capped with metallic blue-green scales. Antennse, 

 head and body as in onyx. — Female. Upperside : dull bluish-grey. Fore 

 wing : with some blue scales on the basal portion ; the white patch as in 

 H. onyx. Hind wing with some white on the middle of the costa and a 

 smallj suffused, whitish space in the middle of the wing ; the ground colour 

 of the wing paler than it is on the fore wing. Underside : as in the male. 

 Expanse ; male 28 mm ; female, 30 mm. 



Habits. — The transformations are unknown and the habits, practi- 

 cally, also. 



Habitat. — South India, Ceylon. The Type came from Ceylon ; 

 it is found also in Kanara ; it is closely allied to H. onyx, but can 

 always be recognised by the shortness of the tail at the end of vein 

 3. {Sivhilioe). 



