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spots more evenly en echelon, the spot nearest the costa small and shifted 

 well inwards. Hind wing : the black, subcostal spot in the middle of inter- 

 space 7 subbasal, not larger than the three subequal spots : tlie posterior 

 discal series of spots bisiuuous, none conspicuously larger than the others. 

 Antenna^ head, thorax and abdomen fuscous black, the antenna) ringed 

 with wliite, the head and thorax clothed above with long bluish hairs; 

 beneath : the palpi, thorax and abdomen greyish white.— Female. Upper- 

 side : fore wing : bluish purple, paler outwardJy, in certain lights with a 

 resplendent iridescence ; costa and apex very broadly, termen somewiiat 

 more narrowly fuscous black. Hind wing : as in the fore wing iridescent 

 bluish purple but uniform not paler outwardly; the costal and terminal 

 margins broailly and evenly fuscous black, this border on the termen with 

 a series of superpose.l, blue luuules. Underside : gvoand-colonr and mark- 

 ings as in the male. Antenme, head, thorax and abdomen similar to 

 those of the male but the thorax ana abdomen above not so dark. Ex- 

 panse : Male and female, 32-36 mm. 



Larra and Pupa. — Unknown. 



Habits. — Uuknown. Occurs iu the bills of Bengal ; Southern 

 India; Bombaj^ on the Western Ghats, the Nilgiris, Anamalai and 

 Palni Hills; Ceylon; the hills of Assam. The species is fairly 

 plentiful locally in the Ghat parts of Kanara District in Bombay. 



133. Lycsenopsis puspa, Horsfield. — Wet-seaaon brood. — Male. Lppcrddc: 

 violaceous blue, with brilliant iridescent tints in certain lights. Fore wing : 

 the costa, apex and termen bordered with black, this edging narrows from 

 base to the middle of the costa, then broadens greatly at apex, where it 

 occupies the apical fourth of the wing, and is again narrowed below vein 4, 

 whence it is continued as an even band to the tornus ; on the disc beyond 

 the apex of the cell the ground-colour is sensibly pale and the dark mark- 

 ings of the cell are faintly visible by transparency trom below. Hind 

 wino- : the costa very broadly, the termen much more narrowly black ; the 

 black borrlering on the latter consists of a stries of rounded coalescent 

 spots, which on the inner side are margined by faint dark lunules ; these 

 are tormed not by actual scaling but by the dark markings of tlie underside 

 which show through more or less clearly. Undert-ide: slightly bluish white : 

 the markings, some black, some dusky, but all large and distinct. Fore v\ing : 

 a short bar on the discocellulars, an anteriorly inwardly curved, transverse, 

 discal series of seven, more or less elongate spots, of which the spot in 

 interspace 2 is vertical and sinuous, the next above it irregularly oval and 

 obliquely placed, the next smaller and almost round, the fourth placed 

 almost longitudinally, forms a short bar, and the apical three decrease in 

 size to the costa: bejond these is an itiiier subterminal, transverse, lunular 

 line, an outer subterminal series of transverse spots and a very slender 

 anticiliary line. Hind wing : two basal and three subbasal spots in vertical 

 order : a line on the discocellulars ; a spot above it at base of interspace 6 ; 

 a much larger spot above that in interspace 7 ; a lower discal irregular 

 transvi rse series of five 8pot<, followed by terminal markings similar to 

 those on the fore wing, except that the tpots in the subttrminal row are 

 rounded, not transverse. (Jilia of both fore and hind wings white alternat- 

 ed with dusky black at the apices of the veins. Antennit, head, thorax 

 and abdomen dusky black, the antennas ringed with vxhite and tipped with 

 ora ge; beneath: the palpi, thorax and abdomen white. — Fen:ale. Upper- 

 side: white, the bases of the wings and in some specimens the hind wing 

 nosteriorly shot with iridescent blue. Fore wing : costa, apex and termen 

 broadly black ; the discocellulars marked with a very short, fine black line 

 that extends down from the black on the costal margin. Hind wing : costa 



