416 LYCANID&. HORAGA. 
Eoy to the Indian species of Horaga. 
A. Males with an oval ochreous patch of closely-packed scales differently-formed from those on the rest of 
the wing on the underside of the forewing near the middle of the submedian nervure. 
a. Discal white patch on underside of forewing extending above subcostal nervure. 
a, Male, upperside, forewing with discal white patch large, not crossed by black veins, blue 
coloration extending into cell. 
a*, Underside, discal white band broad in hindwing. 
960. H. onyx, Himalayas, Assam, Orissa, South India, 
52, Underside, discal white band narrow in hindwing. 
g61. H. cinGaensis, Ceylon. 
62, Male, upperside, forewing with discal white patch small, crossed by black veins, blue 
coloration not extending into cell. 
962. H. rana, South Andaman Isles. 
&  Discal white patch on underside of forewing not extending above subcostal nervure. 
a’, Underside, forewing, discal band very narrow. 
963. H. MouLMEINA, Burma. 
61, Underside, forewing, discal band broad. 
964. H. sixxima, Sikkim, Bhutan, Khasi Hills. 
B. Males with no secondary sexual characters. 
a. Male, upperside, both wings violet-brown. 
965. H. viota, Himalayas, Nilgiris. 
5. Male, upperside, forewing black, hindwing dark violet-blue, outwardly bordered with black. 
966. H. aLBrmacuLa, South Andaman Isles. 
960. Horaga onyz, Moore. 
Thecla onyx, Moore, Horsfield and Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C., vol. i, p. 30, n. 35 (1857) ; Horaga 
onyx, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882, p. 247. 
HasitaT: Himalaya (J/oore), Deyra Doon, Dharmsala, Sikkim, Assam, Orissa, South India, 
EXPANSE: 6, 9, I'I5 to 1°35 inches. 
DESCRIPTION: MALE. ‘‘ UPPERSIDE, forewing dark brown with a patch of white in the mid- 
dle, the posterior base, from the subcostal nervure to the middle of the disc, cyaneous. Aind- 
wing light brown, the middle, from base to near exterior margin, cyaneous, paling to light bluish- 
brown along the abdominal margin. Zaz/s three, two inner ones longish. UNDERSIDE, doth 
wings pale ferruginous-brown, a white fascia crossing both wings towards the anal angle, and 
ending on the 4imdwing upwards to abdominal margin ina greenish-metallic line, the latter 
being bounded inwardly by a narrow blackish line ; a blackish spot and line at the anal angle, 
and another spot some distance off on the exterior margin.” (JAfoore, 1. c. in Cat. Lep. Mus. 
E. I. C.) 
“MALE. UPPERSIDE, doth wings violet-brown. Forewing with the lower basal and discal 
areas cyaneous-blue, discal white spot large, the same size asin the female of Z. viola, 
Moore. Aindwing paler, the medial area cyaneous-blue. UNDERSIDE, oth wings pale 
olivaceous brownish-ochreous, the discal band on the /orewzng attenuated anteriorly and 
extending to the costal border, the band on the Aimdwing very broad and irregular ; anal and 
subanal spots small. FEMALE. UPPERSIDE, doth wings paler. Forewing with the discal spot 
very large and oval, band on UNDERSIDE as in male.” 
“ Taken by Mr. Hocking on quince tree, at 6,000 feet elevation.” 
“ The type specimen described above is now in the British Museum collection. Its loca- 
lity label is ‘ Himalaya,’ not Burmah, as stated in my original description.” (J/oovre, l.c. 
in Proc. Zool, Soc. Lond.) 
A very common species in Sikkim, and occurring in April, July, October and November. 
The specimens which are on the wing in the cold weather have all the markings below more 
blurred and larger and the ground-colour paler than rains’ examples. I possessspecimens also 
from Kulu taken by Mr. A. Grahame Young ; from Deyra Doon, taken in August by Mr. P. W. 
Mackinnon ; Colonel A. M. Lang, R.E., took a single specimen on 1oth September, 1887, at 
Khairna, Kosi Valley, 3,200 feet, Kumaon, and another in December on the Choka river, in 
