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six elongate spots, the anterior spot shifteil inwards out of line, and a 

 transverse lino beyond apex of coll, dark-brown, each of these irarkings 

 margined with white ; on the terminal art a there is an inner subterminul 

 lunulated dark line on the inner side of the series of black spots and an 

 auteciliary similar slender line. Ci/ia white, basal halves brown ; on the 

 fore win::; intorniptod also with brown at the apices of the veins. Antenna;, 

 head, thorax and abdon\en dark brown, shafts of the antenntc white-ringed, 

 thorax with a little bluish pubescence ; beneath : palpi, thorax and abdomen 

 ^vhite. — Female. I'jtprriidc: silky brown, bluish at the base of the wings. 

 Fore wiu'T : a large dark brown discoceilular transverse spot and a small 

 (luadrate white patch beyond. Hind wing: some two or three obscure dark 

 subterniinal spots towards the tornus* In some specimens the seiies com- 

 plete iTo\\\ apex to toruus, more obscure anteriorly than posteriorly. Fore 

 and hind wings: both with slender dark anteeiliarly lines. Underside: 

 eround-colour slightly paler, but the markings very similar to those in the 

 iuale ; the transverse brown bars beyond apex of cell on the fore wing 

 lont^er. almost extended to the dorsal margin. Cilia, antennaj, thorax and 

 abdomen much as in the male. Expanse : male and female, 24--'6 mm. 



Jlahifs. — The transformatious are unknown up to date ; or, at 

 least, if known, liave not been published. The distribution of the 

 insects as given by Colonel Bingham is : Africa, Arabia, and, 

 within our limits, Baluchistan ; the Punjab eastwards thi'ough 

 Oudh to the Central Provinces; Central, Western and Southern 

 Jndia; Cejdon ; Upper Burma; Mjdngan (Watson). 



140. Azanus ubaidus, Cramer. — Male. Upperside: brownish purple, dark- 

 blue at base of wnigs. Fore wing: costa very narrowly along its apical half, 

 termeu evenly and a little more broadly from apex to tornus, edged with 

 brown ; the area on the disc, in the cell and beyond it is covered with hair- 

 like specialized scales and is distinctly darker. Hind wing : similar, the 

 brown edging to the costa much broader, posteriorly in the tornal area 

 there is a dark spot in interspace 1 ; and another more clearly defined 

 similar spot in interspace '2, both spots merged more or less into the terminal 

 brown edging. Cilia of both fore and hind wings white, with their basal 

 halves evenly dark-brown. Underside : greyish brown or brownish grey, with 

 a satiny lustre from base broadly along inner margin : the base of both wings 

 black and white powdered. Fore wing: two short white lines, one each side of 

 the discocellulars : and-nesty streak from base, starting black, under costal 

 vein extending to end of cell, a minute black subcostal dot above apex of cell, 

 another similar dot a little beyond it ; two parallel, obliquely-placed, trans- 

 verse, upper discal white lines, followed bj' an inner and an outer obli(|uely 

 placed, irregular broken, subterminal line also white, the inner one soniewhat 

 lunular, and an anteciliary dark line; the posterior third from base of the wing 

 uniform, somewhat paler than the rest. Hind wing: a short blackish or nestj'^ 

 line from extreme base at vein 1 up and out to vein 8 near base ; the follow- 

 ing black white-encircled spots conspicuous: 4 siibbasal spots in transverse 

 order, a subcostal spot in middle of interspace 7 (not always minute and 

 often forming one spot), two minute geminate spots at the tornal angle, and 

 a larger one in interspace 2 ; two transverse short white lines on either side 

 of the discocellulars as on the fore wing; a transverse, curved, catenulated, 

 discal baud of white iiuirkings, followed by a postdiscal and subterminal 

 series of white lunules and an anteciliary dark line edged invvardl^'^ with 

 white. Antennre dark-brown, the shafts ringed with white: apex of club 

 also white : head, thorax and abdomen dark-brown, the thorax in fresh spe- 

 cimens with a little purplish-blue pubescence ; beneath : palpi, thorax and 



