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interspace just within the margin ; a fine marginal black line ; tails 

 as above. 



Very near to the u Myrina" cinesia of Hewitson,* from Borneo, from 

 which it appears to differ in the presence of the "male-mark" on 

 the upperside of the forewing ; on the upperside of the hindwing 

 there is a black band in the anal region, with a considerable whito 

 band beyond it, which latter is not found in B. cinesia, and on the 

 underside of the hindwing in the inner black band being half as 

 wide, the outer band also much narrower, and enclosing a ferruginous 

 line, in B. cinesia it is wholly black ; the middle tail is also more 

 than one-third longer in my species. 



6. ZEPHYRUS ZOA, n. sp., PL A, Fig. 3, £ . 



Habitat: Sikkim. 



Expanse : $ , 2'0 inches. 



Description : Male. Upperside, both icings black. Forewing with 

 all but the outer margin (which is somewhat broadly and evenly of 

 the ground-colour) and the veins (which are black) clothed with pow- 

 dery rich metallic iridescent dark green scales ; this colour in some 

 lights is quite invisible. Hindwing with a patch of similar green 

 scales in the middle of the wing, the costa and outer margin being 

 broadly of the ground-colour, the abdominal margin a little paler 

 fuscous. Underside, both wings dull fuliginous black. Forewing 

 with a deeper black disco- cellular mark outwardly defined by a fine 

 silvery white line ; an indistinot, somewhat broad, straight blackish 

 discal band from the costa to the first median nervule outwardly 

 defined by a fine silvery white line ; an indistinct blackish submarginal 

 band which widens out on either side of the first median nervule, and is 

 there rather prominent. Hindwing with a short blackish bar near the 

 base of the costal interspace inwardly defined by a fine silvery white 

 line; a narrow disco-cellular line outwardly surrounded with white; 

 the usual "W- shaped discal prominent line, silvery white inwardly, 

 slightly defined by a narrow blackish line ; the outer margin 

 broadly sprinkled with white scales ; a prominent marginal large 

 oval deep black spot circled with orange in the first median 

 interspace ; an anal deep black spot crowned with orange, which latter 

 colour extends on one side to the first median nervule, on the other 

 in a narrow line for some short distance up the abdominal margin, 



*Myrina cinesia, Hewitson, 111. Diurn. Lep., p. 29, n. 5, pi. xiii, figs. 18, 19, male 

 20, female (18G3). 



