384 LYCANIDA. TAJURIA. 
fulvous and black being obsolescent), slender and sinuous, extending from the submedian 
nervure almost to the costa. Hindwing, lower part with a large area of gray extending to 
the third median nervule, bordered outwardly with white and black lines ; part of abdominal 
margin white; anal black spot partly bordered with fulvous and silvery-lilac ; a submarginal 
black-centred fulvous spot between the first and second median nervules. Jails black, 
tipped with white, the outer more slender than the inner, and somewhat shorter. Antenne 
black, annulated with white, club black.” FeMaLe unknown. 
“ Differs from 2. megistia, Hewitson, habitat unknown, in the ground-colour of the under- 
side, which is dul rufous-brown, that of Hewitson’s species being orange (in his description) 
or orange-yellow (in his plate).” (Doherty, 1. ¢.) 
941. Tajurla istroldes, de N. (Platz XXV, Fic. 153 ). 
T. istrotdea, de Nicéville, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1887, p. 458, pl. xl, fig. 3, female; idem, id. 
Journ. A. S. B., vol. lvii, pt. 2, p. 286, n. 17, pl. xiv, fig. 14, male (1888). 
HAsitTaT: Sikkim. 
EXpPANSE: ¢, 1°40; 2, 1°45 inches. 
DescripTION: “MALE. Differs from the description of ‘ Remelana’ yajna, Doherty, 
on the UPPERSIDE of the Azndwéing in the glittering azure patch being of greater extent, occupy- 
ing the anterior half of the discoidal cell, instead of extending into it slightly, and reaching 
to the costa and to the apex of the wing. On the UNDERSIDE the apex of the forewing 
is concolorous with the rest of the wing, not darker as in 2. yajna; the discal line is 
outwardly evenly curved, of a deeper rufous than the ground-colour, outwardly defined by a 
fine white line, instead of being chiefly white, slender, and sinuous, and there is no trace of an 
outer black bounding line in 7% éstrotdea ; the Aindwing has the abdominal margin concolorous 
with the rest of the wing, not partly white as in 2. yajna.” 
“Described from a single specimen taken in Sikkim on 2nd December, 1887, in Mr. 
Otto Modller’s collection. The underside agrees exactly in colour and markings with the 
female, except that the ground-colour is rather darker.” (de Nicéville, 1. c. in Journ. A. S. B,) 
Through the kindness of Mr. W. Doherty, and since the above was written, I have 
examined the type male of 7ajuria yajna. It differs from the male of 7, istvoidea chiefly 
in having both wings perceptibly broader; the discal band on the underside of the 
forewing distinctly sinuous, not evenly outwardly convex ; the band on both wings in 7. yajna 
is more broken up into short internervular portions, and the band on the hindwing has its 
posterior portion formed of zigzags scarcely half as long as in 7, ¢stroidea. 
“FEMALE. UPPERSIDE, doth wings deep black. Cilia greyish-fuscous. Forewing with 
the disc and base rich blue, with hardly any gloss. Hindwing with the disc and base also 
rich blue, outwardly nearly to the margin sprinkled with blue scales between the veins; 
an anteciliary fine blue line from the anal angle to the third median nervule ; anal lobe rufous, 
with a black centre sprinkled with white scales ; ¢az/s black, tipped with white. UNDER- 
SIDE, doth wings rufescent or cinnamon-coloured. Cilia of the colour of the ground. 
Forewing with a prominent, slightly outwardly-curved discal line, of a deeper shade of red 
than the ground, outwardly defined by brilliant white, this line does not quite touch the costa, and 
ends posteriorly at the submedian nervure ; a submarginal indistinct somewhat macular fascia. 
Hindwing with the discal band as in the forewing, its upper portion as far as the third median 
nervule straight, below highly zigzag, and curved upwards to the abdominal margin ; the 
submarginal fascia as in the forewing, ending in a smal! round deep black spot, broadly sur- 
rounded with ferruginous, in the first median interspace ; the anal lobe entirely occupied by a 
large round deep black spot, crowned with a very few greenish-silvery scales; the area 
between the two spots and beyond the anterior one, as far as the third median nervule, thickly 
irrorated with black and white scales ; a fine black anteciliarly line from the anal angle to 
the third median nervule, defined on both sides by an equally fine pure white line,” 
