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one species. He also states that fasmira is intermediate in size between /aegelii and 
kollaré. 
There is no difficulty whatever in recognising C. ce/estina. Both sexes are considerably 
smaller than CG. Auegeliz, and the male has the outer black border on the upperside of the 
forewing broader, and considerably dilated at the apex. It is an extremely common species, 
occurring throughout the outer ranges of the Western Himalayas, at any rate from Kashmir 
and Murree to Naini Tal. Mr. Doherty records it from Bagheswar, Kumaon, as low as 
3,500 feet, and Garbyan, also in Kumaon, as high as 12,000 feet. 
689. Cyaniris dilectus, Moore. 
Polyommatus dilectus, Moore, Proc, Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, p. 1395 Cyaniris dilectus, de Nicéville, 
Journ. A. S. B., vol. lii, pt. 2, p. 68, n. 4, pl. i, fig. 5, wale (1883). 
HasitaT: Simla; Kumaon; Nepal; Sikkim ; North Cachar; Sibsagar, Upper Assam ; 
Upper Burma. 
EXPANSE: ¢@, 1°00 to 1'40; 9, °85 to 1°35 inches. 
DescrIPTION: ‘MALE. UPPERSIDE, doth wings pale blue, with a very fine black anteci- 
liary line, which towards the apex of the forewing in some specimens becomes slightly 
diffused inwardly. Forewing with a patch of irrorated white scales on the disc below the cell 
and between the median nervules, very prominent in some specimens, obsolete in others (as 
in the Sikkim specimen figured). Aindwing with a similar patch, but placed between the 
second median nervule and the costal nervure, and almost reaching the apex. UNDERSIDE, 
bcth wings as in C. alboceruleus, Moore, but with a more or less prominent sudmarginal series 
of dusky lunules. FEMALE. UppeRsIpDE, forewing almost as in C. alboceruleus, but the 
outer margin less broadly black, the basal area glossed with very bright metallic blue, not 
unmetallic pale lavender-blue as in the latter species, the disco-cellular streak more prominent. 
Hindwing with the submarginal series of round dusky prominent spots inwardly defined by 
bluish lunules. UNDERSIDE, Jo¢h wings as in the male.” 
‘Both sexes of this species were taken by me in the neighbourhood of Simla, most fre- 
quently on Tawa Devi, also at different elevations in Sikkim in October. Mr. Otto Moller 
has also taken males in large numbers in Sikkim at low elevations in the spring.” (de NMicé& 
ville, 1. c.) 
In Sikkim this species is slightly dimorphic. The rains form has barely a trace, some- 
times none whatever, of the discal white patch, which in the dry-season form is very 
prominent on the upperside of the forewing. On the hindwing this patch is also much 
larger in the dry-season form. The markings of the underside of both wings are also more 
prominent in the rains form. This species is one of the most distinct in the genus and very 
easily recognised. I have, however, entirely failed to distinguish its female from Sikkim, 
though I am sure that the Simla females above described are correctly identified. In Simla 
but few species of the genus occur, so it is comparatively easy to pair the sexes ; this is not the 
case in Sikkim. Mr. Doherty records it from Khati, N.-W. Kamaon, 7,000 feet, Toli and 
Garjiaghat, E. Kumaon, 2000 to 3000 feet, scarce. His specimens were very small. I append 
Mr. Moore’s original description of it as a foot note.* 
690. Cyaniris huegelii, Moore. 
C. huegelii, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882, p 244; Lycena argiolus, Kollar (vec Linnzus), Hiigel’s 
Kaschmir, vol. iv, pt. 2, p. 423, n. 11 (1848). 
HapitaT: Western Himalayas. 
EXPANSE: &, 2, 1°42 to 1°70 inches. ; ; 
DESCRIPTION: “ Differs from C. celestina, Kollar, inits larger size. MALE. UPPERSIDE, 
both wings similar in colour, but of a darker blue tint. orewiry with a more slender blackish 
SS ee Ee ee 
* “MALE. UpPERSIDE, oth wings pale lilac-blue, with a very slender marginal black line; discal area 
of forewing and apical area of hindwing siightly whitish. Cz//a white. UNDERSIDE, doth wings white, with 
small slender indistinct blackish markings disposed as in P. [=C.] pusfa, Horsfield. FEMALE similat to P. 
[=C. ] pusfa. UPrersivE, both wings paler, the exterior dusky-brown band on the forewing of less breadth, 
and the blue extending to posterior margin. //indwing bluer, less dusky anteriorly, with a marginal row of 
indistinct dusky spots.’’ (J7/eo7e, 1. c.) 
