far m the series of discal spots, jriviui; to tiic wiii<f tlie ajipeaiaiice fit first sight 

 of bciug crossed liy a transverse whitisli Imnil. TLe margin is indicated by a fine 

 dark line. The fringes are j)aler tlian on tlie iipperside. The same markings which 

 are fonud upon the primaries are coiitinned upon the secondaries, and quite as 

 evenly, except that the discal series above vein fl is broken, by having the two upper 

 epots nearest the costa shoved inwardly towai-d the base, being located one above 

 the other a little before and above the end of tlie cell. In addition to the spots 

 conijosing the three outer series there is a longitudinal transverse mark at the end 

 of the cell, a round spot aliont the middle of the cell, and another small spot above 

 it near the costa. 



?. The /'ei/Ki/i- on tlie underside is marked exactly like the i/'n/f. but the 

 primaries on the npperside are broadly dark fuscons on the costal and outer marginal 

 areas. There is a single /fmn/t' of this sjiecies in the collection in which the entire 

 upper surface of both wings is dark fuscons. 



Expanse : cJ and ? 20 — 25 mm. 



When 1 originally undertook to wurk up the collection 1 provisionally referred 

 this species to Z. otis (Fabr.), bnt a closer study has revealed the incorrectness of this 

 procednre, and after a lengthy study of the entire subject I am compelled to believe 

 that we are dealing here with an nndescribed species. It is in size much like 

 Z. mafia, and suggests that species by its colouration, but the markings of the under- 

 side are wholly diflerent. The markings do not agree with those of any other species 

 of the genus which I have seen (and almost all of them are represented iu my 

 collection), nor with the descriptions given by authors. The pale whitish space 

 between the discal series of spots, and the inner marginal row of lunules, and the 

 absence of dark markings on the edge of the primaries of the Male sex, are easily 

 seen characteristics. The insect belongs to the second group of the genus indicated 

 by De Niceville, which lack the inner spot in the cell of the primaries. 



Gexus LYCAENE.STHES Moore. 



70. L. lycaenoides (Folder), SiL-ber. AL W'issai.ic/t. M'ie/i, Math. Xat. CI. XI. 

 p. 4.54 (18G')j ; 'i Fseudodipsas Ijcaenoides, Felder, lieise Xocara, U'.p. p. 258. 

 t. 30. f 25. cJ (1865). 



De Niceville, Butt. India III. p. 128, sinks /yw<';;o/(/('.< Felder, as a synonym 

 of LycacvcstlH'» cinolux (Godt.) = tjinigaleiisis Moore, following, with evident 

 reluctance, the example of Hewitsou. 1 cannot at all concur in this course. With 

 an abundance tif specimens of L. emulu.t = beixjdk'ii.v.'i Moore, in both sexes before 

 me from various parts of India and Burmah, and with the figure of Felder, and 

 a large suite of specimens of i. lycaenoules Felder coming from Amboyna and Burn, 

 it is impossible to accord the correctness of Mr. Hewitson's opinion. I am also 

 constrained to believe that the insect, which Hewitsou figured as /-. lijcaenoidex 

 Felder, evidently », female, llluitr. Diuin., Lef. p. 219. t. 02. f 3'J, is not Felder's 

 insect. The/onales in my possession differ too widely from the figure of Hewitsou 

 to allow of their identification with the butterfly he depicts, though his figure is 

 evidently very carelessly executed. If it represents the /ivwo'^e of Felder's species 

 it must be set down as a rather unfortunate attempt to follow nature. 



The difference between L. b/cacnoidcs Feld. and L. cmoliis (Godt.), accepting 

 the identification of L. bcngalensis Moore with the latter species as established, i.s 



