46 Mr. Gervase F. Mathew's descriptions of 



interspace ; the spot between the discoidal nervules is 

 very different, as is also the coloration beneath, the 

 general hue of P. gambrisius being greenish-olive. 



LYC^NID^E. 

 Lampides cmridina, n. s. 



S • Upper side pale silvery blue, through which the white 

 markings beneath are faintly discernible. Fore wings : — A very 

 narrow costal and hind marginal line, fringes dark blackish-brown. 

 Hind wings : — A narrow white submarginal line very near the hind 

 margin and bordered outwardly by a narrow black marginal line, 

 and inwardly from upper median nervule to anal angle by blackish 

 lunules, the first very indistinct ; at anal angle a second short 

 black streak just above the lunule. Under side greyish-brown, 

 crossed by a series of irregular whitish lines. Fore wings : — A sub- 

 marginal series of six dusky lunules. Hind wings : — A blackish- 

 brown spot at apex followed by another much larger and almost 

 square-shaped spot of the same colour, with its interior and outer 

 margins white ; a submarginal series of three blackish-brown 

 /\-shaped marks bordered above and below by white, the upper 

 one placed between the discoidal nervules ; between submedian 

 nervure and third median nervule a conspicuous black submarginal 

 spot bordered at the sides with metallic azure-blue, and inwardly 

 by bright fuscous ; at anal angle a few metallic azure-blue atoms 

 on a black stripe inwardly margined by a short fuscous stripe ; a 

 marginal white line outwardly bordered by a blackish-brown line. 



5 . Upper side pale silvery blue. Fore wings : — Costa narrowly, 

 apex and hind margin broadly, blackish-brown ; some indistinct 

 submarginal lunules towards anal angle ; an indistinct spot at end 

 of cell. Hind wings : — Costa rather clouded ; a double submarginal 

 series of blackish-brown /\-shaped marks, of which the first two 

 of the inner series are the largest, and the two between upper and 

 lower median nervules of the outer series the largest and darkest ; 

 a marginal narrow white line interrupted by the nervules and out- 

 wardly bordered by a narrow black line ; fringes dark grey. Under 

 side same as male. Tails black, with a minute white tip. Exp. 

 30 to 33 mm. 



Hub. Ugi, Solomon Islands. 



Obs. Allied to L. celianus, Feld., but male has scarcely 

 any black marginal band, and general colour is a paler 

 and more delicate silvery blue. The submarginal 

 markings on hind wing of female are different. 



