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PSTCHE. 



[March 1S91 



transverse bar at the end of the cell bordered 

 outwardly by a fine paler line; both wings 

 have an irregular transverse band of similar 

 spots, and a submarginal line followed by a 

 marginal series of triangular spots. The 

 secondaries have two marginal spots of black 

 crowned with red and irrorated with blue- 

 green scales. 



Expanse of wings 27 mm. Type in the 

 writer's collection. 



6. L. tisamentts, sp. nov. Allied to L. 

 sylvanus, but less than half the size. 



Upperside : — The color of the upperside of 

 the wings is uniformly dark violaceous. Un- 

 derside : — The ground color of the underside 

 of the wings is a light fawn. Primaries. — 

 Just beyond the cell of the primaries there is 

 a dark transverse band which is interrupted 

 between the median nervules. and defined 

 both externally and internally by lighter 

 lines. This is followed toward the margin 

 by a broader and darker transverse band, 

 which runs from the costa to the first median 

 nervule, and is followed by a narrow brown 

 submarginal line. The fringes are dark 

 brown. Secondaries. — There are two sub- 

 triangular spots of dark brown, almost black, 

 upon the middle of the secondaries near the 

 costal margin, a similar spot at the end of 

 the cell, and one upon the inner margin 

 about its middle. These spots are followed 

 upon the limbal area by darker shades, out- 

 wardly edged by pale lines. The submar- 

 ginal line of the primaries is continued upon 

 the secondaries, enlarging at the first median 

 nervule, and just before the anal angle into 

 red marginal spots pupilled with black. The 

 fringes are as on the primaries. The palpi 

 and. the abdomen upon the lower side are 

 white. 



Expanse of wings 20 mm. Type in the 

 collection of the author. 



NACADUBA Moore. 



7. N. strafola, sp. nov. $ . Upperside: — 

 Both the primaries and the secondaries are 

 dark shining brown in certain lights reflect- 



ing very obscurely a greenish blue gloss. 

 The cilia are lighter. Underside: — The 

 ground color is a slaty gray, much paler than 

 the upper surface. Both wings are adorned 

 by a marginal row of small dark spots, suc- 

 ceeded inwardly by a row of sagittate marks, 

 defined inwardly and outwardly by fine light 

 lines. The marginal spot at the anal angle 

 and the one between the first and second me- 

 dian nervule of the secondaries are deep black 

 crowned with a fine line of bright blue. The 

 discal and basal areas of both wings are 

 adorned with dark spots arranged in bands 

 and all defined on the inner and outer edges 

 with lighter colored lines. The inner margin 

 of the primaries is lighter than the rest of the 

 wing. 



5 . The female does not differ materially 

 from the male in color and size. 

 Expanse of wings 26 mm. 



Described from numerous examples 

 in the collection of the author. 



LYCAENA Fabr. 



8. L. faludicola, sp. nov. Upperside: — 

 The prevalent color is dark gray, the poste- 

 rior wings being ornamented with a very 

 narrow marginal line, within which are lo- 

 cated between the extremities of the nervules 

 toward the anal angle six subtriangular black 

 spots margined with pale blue. Underside : — 

 The underside is paler in color than the up- 

 perside. Both wings have a double dark line 

 at the end of the cell, defined outwardly and 

 inwardly with light lines. Succeeding this 

 upon both wings are bands of darker mark- 

 ings defined by lighter shades on either side, 

 and succeeded by a submarginal row of lu- 

 nules defined in the same way. The poste- 

 rior wings are further ornamented by two 

 subquadrate dark brown spots situated upon 

 the costa, one near the middle, the other 

 near the base; and by a circular spot of the 

 same color upon the inner margin near the 

 base. Of the black spots which are so con- 



