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line on the discocellulars ; a spot below the middle of the costa with a 

 smaller spot below it ; a posterior, discal, irregular, sinuous series of five or 

 six minute spots and a perfectly regular subterminal series of similar spots. 

 Cilia of both fore and hind wings white. Antennse, head, thorax and 

 abdomen blackish, the antennre ringed with white ; beneath : the palpi, 

 thorax and abdomen snow-white. — Female. Very similar. Upperside: 

 the white area much more extended on both fore and hiud \\ing8. On the 

 former it spreads well into the cell, on the latter three-fourths of the wing 

 are white ; the dusky basal and costal areas much more restricted than in 

 the male. The iridescent blue suffusion is in many specimens entirely 

 absent, in a few very faintly indicated ; the subterminal series of black dots 

 so distinct in the male are generally faint and obsolescent. Underside : 

 as in the male but the markings less distioct. Antennse, head, thorax and 

 abdomen as in the male. Expanse ; male and female, 28-29 mm. 



Larva and Pupa. — The life history of the species, as far as in known, 

 has not been discovered. 



liabiU. — Likewise unknown? Nowhere are they described. The 

 species has been included becaiise it is faii-ly common where it 

 exists and may occur occasionally in the Plains of Southern India. 

 It is found in the Nilgiri, Anamalai and Pulni Hills of that 

 region ; Cej'Ion ; extending to Java. 



131. Lycsenopsis albidisca, Moore. — Male and female. Very closely 

 allied to C. ^;i<s/)«, from which it differs as follows : — Male. Upperside: dull 

 indigo-blue, not so dark as puspa when looked at from above vertically and 

 with much less refulgent iridesceme in an oblique light ; the white on both 

 fore and hind wings much more clearly defined, never diffuse and appar- 

 ently present at all seasons: on the fore wing the white is limited to the 

 basal portions of interspaces 2 and 3 and does not extend into the cell or 

 above vein 4 ; on the hind wing it occupies the basal half of interspace 6 

 and is strictly bounded by vein 7 above and vein 6 below. The terminal 

 margins of both fore and hind wings with much narrower black edgings 

 than in C. jmapa. Underside : 6iSexs ivom th.&t ol puspa in the markings, 

 which are smaller and much more delicate ; on the fore wing the transverse, 

 postdiscal series of abbreviated, line-like markings is bisinuate, placed 

 further towards the terminal margin and has the component spots some- 

 what differently arranged ; on the hind wing also the spots on the disc 

 posteriorly are more regular than in puspa. — Female. Upperside: ground- 

 colour and white on disc of wings almost as in ^^/w/'a, but always both in 

 fore and hind wings more limited, the black costal and terminal margins 

 consequently broader. Underside : the markings as in the male, and there- 

 fore differ in a similar manner from those of C. 2n(spa. — Female. Antenna, 

 head, thorax and abdomen in both sexes as in C. puspa. Expanse: male 

 and female, 34-39 mm. 



Larva and Pupa. — Unknown. 



Habits. — They are not likely to differ much from those of L. 

 pusjpa. The butterfly is very like that species. It occurs in the 

 hills of Southern India from 2,000 to 6,000 feet. 



132. Sycanopsis limbata, Moore — Male. Upperside: uniform dark pur- 

 plish-blue. Fore and hiud wings : termen narrowly edged with black ; costal 

 margin of hind wing more broadly fuscous black. Underside : white with 

 a light greyish-bliie tint ; markings for the most part pale brown, disposed 

 much as in C. puspa, smaller, more slender ; the transverse, discal series of 

 abbreviated lines or elongate spots on the fore wing more regular, the 



