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is however different in both; in one it is about the same as that of Musina 

 Sn. cT; the underside resembles that of L. Puspa Horsf. but is noticeably 

 paler. In my two other specimens, of which one is certainly from W. J., the 

 upperside is exactly like that of Musina Sn., but the underside much brighter, 

 and not to be distinguished from that of Puspa Horsf, but the one has also 

 a little grey dusting near the wing roots, like that peculiar to the one already 

 mentioned from E. J. Perhaps these are two 2. L. Placida de Nic. makes 

 the impression of being a L. Puspa Horsf in which the evolution of the white 

 upon the upperside, and the black on the underside is even less far advanced. 

 Fruhstorfer describes a form from Java as Pellax. 



51. Musina Sn. (PI. XXII, 83). 



Snellen, Tijdschr. v. Ent., XXXV, bid. 145 (1892). . . Lycaena Musina. 

 DE NiCEViLLE, Joum. Bovibay, Soc. of Nat. Hist., IX, /. 275 



//. O, fig. 15 (1895) Cyaniris 



Druce, Proc Zool. Soc. of London, 1895,/-. -li^pl- Z'^, f'g- ^ „ Lugra. 



Fruhstorfer, Stett. Ent, Zeit., 19 10, 5. 300 „ Musina. 



CouRVOisiER, Tijdschy. v. Ent., LX, bid. 16, //. 3 (191 2) . „ Lugra, 



forma floresiana. 



Snellen's notes run as follows: Of this species the $ is unknown to me. 

 The species is the same as de Niceville describes, as was shown by a com- 

 parison with the specimen which he sent me, his illustration is, however, not 

 very successful. It is, with Placida de Nic, the smallest of the Dilectus 

 group, and is distinguished by the extremely impure almost slaty grey-blue 

 colour of the upperside. It is nowhere powdered with white, but towards the 

 apex and the outer margin of the primaries darkened, also a little along that 

 of the secondaries. The fringe line is upon the primaries hardly indicated, 

 on the secondaries fine black, without any black stripes or dots beside it, as 

 in Placida de Nic. ; the costal margin as in this species is very little greyish. 

 Fringe white, but with a dark grey fringe-line above the base, which on the 

 primaries is very much spread out and leaves little of the white over. The 

 underside is also more grey than in the related species, and may even be 

 called pearl-grey, while the markings are distinctly edged, whiter than the ground 

 colour. The markings are only a little darker than the ground, but quite distinct, 

 with the exception of spots on the base upon the secondaries, and the uppermost 

 spot or point in their bended row, which are almost black, and the lowest mar- 

 ginal spots of the secondaries, which may be called grey-black. Fringe line fine 

 black, fringe the same as the wing-ground with a faint dark line above the base. 



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