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The female was not known by de Nicéville when he 
described the species, and I am only able to guess whether 
what I have placed with it is really the female of this or 
another form; the under side, however, agrees. 
246. Cyaniris dilectus. 
Polyommatus dilectus, Moore, P. Z.S., 1879, p. 189. 
Cyaniris dilectus, de Nicé., J. A.8. B., 1888, p. 68, 
tei. fie. bs: 
The male of this also is easy to separate, but the 
same difficulty arises as to its female, though I believe 
what de Nicéville has assigned to it is correct. I got this 
form from the interior with my Chumbi collection, and 
have it also from Shillong in the Khasias. Doherty 
found it in Kumaon at from 2 to 7000 ft., whilst Moller 
gives its range up to 9000 ft. 
247. Cyaniris jynteana.! 
Cyaniris jynteana, de Nicé., l. c., p. 69, t.1., figs. 7, 3, 
Ta, 2; Moore, P. Z. 8S., 1883, p. 524, t. 48, 
fig. 10. 
? C. sikkima, Moore, P. Z. 8., 1883, p. 524, t. 48, fig. 8. 
This is common at 4—6000 ft. in the Khasias, and 
also occurs in Sikkim at 2—9000 ft. most commonly in 
the rains; but I have a female specimen taken in January, 
and males taken at Shillong in May and September do 
not differ in any way from those taken in August in 
Sikkim. I cannot separate the specimen described as 
sikkima either by the description or figure; the blackish 
disco-cellular streak is a very variable character as far 
as I have seen, but the figure represents no specimen 
that I have seen, exactly. 
248. Zizera trochilus. 
Lycena trochylus, Frey., n. Beit., p. 440, 1, v., p. 98 
(Aug., 1844); Herr.-Schaff., t. 224—6. 
L. puth, Koll., Hugel’s Kash., p. 422 (1848). 
Has been taken in the Terai and outer hills only in 
the winter months, and is hardly an inhabitant of 
Sikkim proper. 
I should hardly have ventured to unite the Indian 
with the Western form but for the assurance of Mr. de 
Nicéville that he has every gradation between the two. 
