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LAEOSOPIS; NIPHANDA: ORTHOMIELLA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



districts in July and August, in tropical India all through the year. The cfcf rest on bushes at road-sides, 

 usually with the head turned towards the road; thej' are also found in gardens, and show a preference for 

 the flowers of Poinsettia. 



Iiiculentus. T. luculentus Leech (72 d). Much lighter than the previous species, both sexes similar to the ? of 



longinus, pale blue and without strong gloss; beneath almost white, with two or three rows of thin dashes 

 in the outer area of both wings. — — 1 received this species from Jankowski from the neighbourhood of 

 I-chang, where it was not common. Leech described it from Chang-Yang. It appears therefore to be 

 resti'icted to Central China. 



8. Genus: liaeosopis l^hr. 



This genus, which resembles a large Lijcaena in facies, contains but one species, whose systematic 

 position is still doubtful. Following Staidikger and Rebfl we place it with the three following genera near 

 Safsuma, while other authors have either classified the only species with Lijcaena or with Thecla. It differs 

 widely from the former in several points and is distinguished by its naked eyes from Thecla as well as 

 Ze.'phijriis, which have hairy eyes. The genus is of very limited distribution, some former records (Bozen. 

 Frankfurt a. M.) having been ascertained to be erroneous. 



roboris. L. roboris Esp. (^ evippus Hbn.) (72 d). Upperside black, with ultramarine scaling in the cf from 



the base to the broad outer area, in the ? only in the basal area. Underside ashy grey, with a yellow 

 margin in which stand light blue spots and before which are proximally pale-edged black dots.*) Only in 

 hisitanica. South France, especially the Pyrenees, and Spain. — lusitanica Stgr. (72 d) is the form from Portugal, 

 which is more glossy yellow beneath and has a broad yellowish red marginal band bearing hardly any spots 

 on the forewing. Whereas nymotypical roboris occurs in South Spain, Staudinger obtained a transitional 

 form in Castilia. ~ Egg globular, reddish. Larva woodlouse-shaped, grey, with short black bristles, two 

 dark yellow, interrupted dorsal lines, between which there is a black spot behind the head; venter dirty 

 yellow, legs yellow. Sluggish, but feeds quickly (Hofner). From April till the end of May on ash and 

 privet. Pupa barrel-shaped, fastened with several separate threads. The butterflies occur from June till 

 the autumn in valleys with trees and shrubs and are plentiful in some places; they settle particularly on 

 ash and chestnut, and when disturbed generally return to the same spot and therefore are easily obtained 

 in good condition (Elwes). 



9. Genus: Xiphanda Moore. 



The ? in facies similar to the preceding genus, but the forewing of the cf more pointed and the 

 hindwing produced into a small point in the anal region. Head small, frons narrow; eyes small; antennae 

 long; palpi very long, stretched forward horizontally; legs thin. Wings broad, above rather uniform in 

 colour, with the markings of the underside coming through. The species occur in South and East Asia and 

 fly singly^on the banks of rivers. The ?? are dimorphic to a certain extent, an albinotic form occurring 

 more or less commonly besides the normal dark form, for instance in N. cymbia from Sikkim, a. o. 



fiisca. N. fusca Brem. & Grey (z^ dispar Brem.) (72 e). Above dark brown, the cr' with a dull purplish violet 



sheen. Underside grey, with numerous pale-edged darker ocelli, of which those in the basal area of the 

 forewing and costal area of the hindwing are more blackish than the others. Amurland, throughout China 

 except the south, Corea and Japan, from June until autumn, locally not rare. I found it drinking on the 

 lasurea. sandy banks of the Yang-tse-kiang in June. Graeser describes as ab. lasurea (72 e) a light-coloured ? with 

 the base of the wings shiny blue; such specimens appears to occur everywhere among the ordinary form 

 and in company with all intergradations. 



sinensis. 



10. Genus: Ortliomiella Nich. 



The small species which belongs here was formerly placed in Chilades, resembling indeed Chilades 

 laius very closel}^ in size, shape and colour and flying together with it in Sikkim. We place it with Leech 

 near Niphanda. Head and palpi relatively large, the antennae short, with a strong club; the wings entire, 

 without tails. The 1. subcostal of the forewing anastomoses for some distance with the costal. The pattern 

 of the underside resembles to some extent that of Niphanda fusca. 



0. pontis Elw. The nymotypical form, from Sikkim, has not yet been found on Palaearctic territory. 

 But another race, sinensis Ehv. (72 e; misprinted sinapis on ortr plate), occurs along the Yang-tse-kiang to 



*) By mistake on Plate 72 row d the iippeiside of a second cf and the underside of a 5 are figured , instead of the 

 reverse. The fourth tigure, therefore, represents a q"' and the tifth the underside of a ? of rohoris. 



