488 LYCANID. SINTHUSA, 
I also give a description of S. amdta, Distant, whiclt has been described from the Malay 
Peninsula; it not improbably will hereafter be found to be but a variety of S. madlika, 
Horsfield.* 
1orS. Sinthusa virgo, Elwes. (Fronrisprece, Fig, 134 3). 
Hypolycena virgo, Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1887; p. 446; Hyfolycena (? Sinthusa) virgo, idéy 
Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1888, p. 396, n. 309, pl. vili, fig. 7, female. 
Hapirat : Sikkim. 
EXPANSE: &, 1°35; 2, I'40 to 1°50 inches. 
Descriprion : “ FEMALE. Uppersibe, forewing black, with a large discal patch of 
French-grey extending to the hind margin inwardly. Azzdwing grey powdered with black, 
and becoming dull black on the costal margin, with a single narrow black ¢a¢/ tipped white, 
and a small fuscous lobe at the anal angle. Cz/‘a white, narrow towards the apex of the fore- 
wing. UNDERSIDE, doth wings bright French-grey. Forew7ng with a distinct transverse sinuous 
yellowish band, narrowly edged black on both sides about two-thirds of the length, not extending 
quite to the hinder margin; a short double-lined bar at the end of the cell, and an indistinct outer 
bandnear the edge. Hindwing with similar bands, of which the first extends in the usual broken 
W to the inner margin, and in addition a short band of three blackish spots within the discal 
bar ; at the anal angle two blue spots, of which the outer is half black. Antenne ringed 
black and white, with a fuscous tip to the club. Body above black; with grey hairs ; pale grey 
beneath.” 
** Described from a single perfectly fresh female, which I took on May 27th, 1886, in the 
same place as Chilades [Orthomiella] pontis, mihi. ‘Though I visited the spot on several occasions» 
Isiever saw another, and the male will probably be found earlier in the season. Notwithstanding 
the very numerous species of this group of Lyce@nide which have been described from Sikkim, I 
think this is so well distinguished by the pattern of the underside that it cannot be the female 
of any known species.” (Z/wes, 1, c. in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.) 
MALE. UPPERSIDE, doth wings shining light blue ; cilia white, but becoming dusky 
towards the apex of the forewing, tipped with black on the anal lobe. Forewing 
with the costa as far as the subcostal nervure, the outer margin broadly, the apex still 
more broadly black. Azxdwing with the costa very broadly black, the abdominal margin 
whitish, an anteciliary fine black line, the veins outwardly more or less broadly bordered 
with black ; ¢az/ black, tipped with white. UNDrRsIDE, doth wings bluish-white, an indistinct 
Expanse: Male, 10 inch. Descxiprion: “* Allied to H. [=S.] xasaka, Horsfield, and H. chandrana, Moore. 
[M. ve.) Urrexsive, doth wings dark brown, lower discal areas violet-blue. UNpExsipk, doth wings brownish-grey. 
forewing with a white-bordered brown band crossing the end of the ceil,a broken similarly-burdered discal band, 
and a marginal row of lunular spots. Ainxdwing with a white-bordered black subbasal anterior spot, and [one] 
two [or three] similar spots in the middle of the cell, a white-bordered brown band at the end of the cell, a broken 
zigzag similar discal band, anda marginal upper row of five annular spots ; the three lower marginal spaces 
ochreous-red, the anal and third with a black medial spot, and the middle with a silver streak, these three anal 
spaces being bordered above by a silver line.’’ (J/oove, 1. c. in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.) ‘The alliances of this 
species are obvious enough ; it would have been more useful had Mr. Moore stated how S. gvotei differs from 
S. chandrana, ‘Vhe locatity given tor the species is extremely vague. 
* Sinthusa amata, Distant, Rhop. Malay., p. 461, h. 2, pl. xliv, fig. 20, /eviale (1886). HapiraT: Penang. 
Expanse: Femadle, "95 of aninch, Descriprion: ‘* FeMaLs, Uppersine, doth wings dark brown. Hindwing 
with an anal angular pale greyish patch with a violaceous tinge ;—the patch is narrower and extends farther up- 
wards than in S, aviéa, Kirby, and is separated from the posterior margin ; faiZ greyish-white witha black medial 
line. UNbersive, doth wings pale greyish. orewing with the apex and outer margin ochraceous ; and with 
two ochraceous fascie, the first short at the end of the cell, the second much dislocated, and almost crossing the 
wing beyond the cel!. Aindwing with a short disco-cellular fascia at the end of the cell, followed by a curved 
series of seven spots crossing the wing, and an oblong spot at the anal angle,—ail these spots dark ochraceous, 
marg.ned with blackish, —two broken and obscure dark narrow marginal fascia, a black spot with some metallic 
bluish scales between the two lower median nervules, and another spot almost entirely metalic bluish at the 
anal angle, both these spots being tiwardly margined with ochraceous. ody and degs more or less concolorous 
with the wings.’’ (Distant, }. c.) Probably described from a single specimen. ‘The discal band on the under- 
side cf the hindwing being broken up into well-separated spots appears to be the chief characteristic of the 
species, This is also a noticeable feature in S. #zaldika, Horsfield, vut in that species the spots are all very small 
and well-separated accurding t» the figures of it, and there is a prominent serics of marginal spots to the hindwing 
from the third median nervule to the apex, which appear to be entirely absent in S. azata. Both species appear 
to have the apex and outer margin of the hindwing ou the underside differently coloured from the rest of the 
Wing, in S, chandrana, “doore, the ground-coluur is the same throughout, 
