140 ME. WALKER ON DIPTEKA COLLECTED AT MAKESSAR. 



Subfam. Anthomtides, Walk. 

 Gren. Aricia, Macq. 



146. Aricia significans, Walk. See Vol. III. p. 107. 



147. Aricia contraria, n. s. Mas et Fam. Picea, capita argenteo, 

 palpis pedibusque nigris, antennis testaceis, scutello fulvo, abdomine 

 tiigro, alis cinereis basi et apud costam subluridis. 



Male and Female. Piceous, head silvery about the eyes ; frontalia dull 

 black ; palpi and legs black ; autenna) testaceous, reaching the epi- 

 stoma, 3rd joint about four times the length of the 2nd; thorax with 

 four indistinct cinereous stripes ; scutelluiu tawny ; abdomen black, 

 shining, a little broader but not longer than the thorax ; wings grey, 

 rather broad, with a lurid tinge towards the base and along the costa; 

 veins black, tawny towards the base ; discal transverse vein hardly 

 undulating, or slightly curved inward, parted by much more than its 

 length from the prsebrachial, and by much less than its length from 

 the border. Length of the body 3-4 lines ; of the wings 6-8 lines. 



148. Aricia Integra, n. s. 3Ias. Testaceo-cinerea, capite albo, 

 palpis nigris, antennis testaceis basi nigris, thorace lineis quatuor nigris 

 postice obsoletis, pedibus fulvis, tarsis piceis, alis cinereis apud costam 

 subluridis, halteribus testaceis. 



Male. Testaceous-cinereous ; head white ; frontalia deep black, widen- 

 ing in front ; palpi black ; antennae testaceous, black at the base, nearly 

 reaching the epistoma, 3rd joint about four times the length of the 

 2nd ; thorax with four black lines which are obsolete hindward ; ab- 

 domen nearly oval, not longer than the thorax ; legs tawny ; tarsi 

 piceous ; wings grey, with a slight lurid tinge towards the costa ; veins 

 black ; discal transverse vein curved inward towards the base, parted 

 by about its length from the prnebrachial transverse, and by much 

 less than its length from the border ; alulae and halteres testaceous. 

 Length of the body 3i hues ; of the wings 7 lines. 



149. Aricia nigricosta, n. s. Mas et Foem. Cinerea, capite ar- 

 genteo, palpis nigris, antennis piceis, thorace vittis quatuor nigris, 

 abdomine maculis quatuor nigris, pedibus fulvis, aUs cinereis apud 

 costam subluridis, costa nigra, 



Male and Female. Cinereous ; head silvery white ; palpi black ; an- 

 tennae piceous, tawny at the base, reaching the epistoma, 3rd joint 

 about four times the length of the 2nd ; thorax with four black stripes ; 

 abdomen nearly oval, not longer than the thorax, 2nd and 3rd seg- 

 ments with two black spots on each ; legs tawny ; tarsi black ; wings 

 cinereous, with a lurid tinge along the costa, which is black ; veins 

 black, tawny towards the base ; discal transverse vein slightly bent 

 inward, parted by about its length from the prsebrachial transverse, 

 and by much less than its length from the border. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



