LYCANIDA. HORAGA. 419 
the sal forests of the Pilibhit Terai; Mr. J. L. Sherwill has sent me a male taken in July at 
Jorehat, Assam ; Mr, W. C. Taylor has taken it in Orissa in March; Mr. G. F. Hampson 
has sent it to me from the Nilgiris, and writes regarding it: “A rare species, occurring on 
the lower slopes;” and there is a single female in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, from 
Cannanore, South India. 
961. Horaga cingalonsis, Moore. 
H. cingalensis, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 525 ; 47. ciniata, Moore (“ec Hewitson), Lep. Cey., 
vol. 1, p. 99, pl. xxxix, figs. 2, 2a, male (1881). 
HaBsitTaT: Ceylon. 
EXPANSE: ¢, 1°10; 2, 1°25 inches. 
DESCRIPTION: “MALE. UPPERSIDE, Jofh wings very like H. onyx, Moore; the blue 
basal areas of similar tint. Aovewzzg with the discal white spot smaller. UNDERSIDE, Joth 
wings very dark violaceous brownish-ochreous. Forewing with the discal band narrower but 
extending to the costa. Aindwing with the band also narrower and much more regular, anal 
spots much less prominent.” 
«© A much smaller species than and quite distinct from H. ciniata, Hewitson, which latter is 
confined to the Malay Island of Batchian.” (JZoore, |. c. in Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond.) 
In Mr. Moore’s figure of this species in the “Lepidoptera of Ceylon” the discal white 
band on the underside of the hindwing appears to be narrow, of nearly equal width throughout, 
with its inner edge very straight and even. In ZH. onyx, Moore, the band is usually broader, 
with its inner edge irregular, but neither of these features are constant, and I can find no 
character by which to separate the two species ; however I know H. cingalensis by Mr. Moore’s 
figures and descriptions only. I append Mr. Moore’s earlier description of the species,* In 
Ceylon it is recordedfrom ‘‘Kandy. Rare. Easy to capture. Rests on low bushes, Is by 
no means shy, and when disturbed does not fly far” (Wade). 
962. Horaga rama, de N. (PLATE XXV, Fic. 149 ¢). 
H. rana, de Nicéville, Journ. A. S. B., vol. lvii, pt. 2, p. 283, n. 13, pl. xiv, fig. 10, made (1888). 
HasitaT : South Andaman Isles. 
EXPANSE: @, I°15to1r'25; 9, 1°20 to 1°35 inches. 
DESCRIPTION : “MALE. UPPERSIDE, Joth wings differ from H. albimacula, Wood-Mason 
and de Nicéville, in the violet-blue coloration being replaced by pure cerulean blue. Forewing 
in having the oval discal white patch smaller, bounded by the lower discoidal and _ first 
median nervules, in one specimen only extending very slightly into the submedian interspace, 
divided into three portions by the black crossing nervules ; in one specimen there is a consi- 
derable patch of pure czrulean blue scales on the basal half of the wing below the median 
nervure, this patch is obsolete in another specimen and entirely absent in a third. 
UNDERSIDE, forewing differs in having the median white band extending conspicuously almost 
to the costa and pure white throughout, its anterior portion not washed with fuscous as in 
Hi. albimacula. Hindwing with the median white fascia averaging twice as broad ; this, 
however, is a variable feature in both species. FEMALE, much larger than the male in three 
out of four specimens. UPPERSIDE, forewing with the discal white patch twice as large, 
extending from the subcostal almost to the submedian nervure, and proportionally broad ; 
a few pale grey-blue scales placed below the median nervure towards the base in two speci- 
mens. Hindwing with some scattered pale grey-blue scales on the disc. UNDERSIDE, doth 
wings bright fulvous. Forewing with the discal white patch almost touching the costa, its 
, ***Maceand FEMALE. UppersIDE, doth wings violet-black ; lower basal and discal areas blue. Forvewin, 
with a large oval white medial discal spot. Aizndwing with a slender white marginal line. UNDERSIDE, doth 
wings pale brownish-ochreous, crossed by a white band, the band bulged outwards on the disc of the forewing. 
Hindwing with aslender white marginal line, a series of black spots from the anal angle, the penultimate 
spot nearly obliterated by grey scales ; a lunular band of metallic-green scales above each spot, and two streaks 
grove fe ae angle. Palpi black, grey-speckled at the sides. Zegs white, with black bands.” (Moore, 
. ¢ in Lep. Cey. 
