+ 
Lepidoptera of Sikkim. 381 
From Japan I have five pairs, among which two 
males have moderate black borders, as in the autumn 
brood of the N.W. Himalayas; one has a moderate 
border, as in some Sikkim specimens taken in December ; 
and two males have no border at all. Three of the 
females are dark, as in the summer broods of the 
N.W. and Sikkim Himalayas, and the other two with 
bluish shading on both wings. Three pairs from China are 
very similar to the first-mentioned Japanese, but smaller 
in size. Four pairs taken by me in Sikkim in December, 
one of which is marked ‘“‘n. sp.” by Moore, are all much 
paler in tint than three pairs taken in Sikkim in May 
and June; the border of the males is almost obsolete in 
three out of four. The December females are all 
marked with blue, whilst the June ones are plain dark 
brown. I have some specimens from the North-west 
Himalayas which agree with both the summer and 
winter forms in Sikkim, but the distinctions do not seem 
so well-marked. From Calcutta I have one pair, diluta, 
Feld., of de Nicéville’s list, which agrees very well with 
Kangra and Sikkim specimens, also three pairs taken by 
myself at Shillong in September, and two pairs from 
Cachar in June and August, which are like the Sikkim 
summer brood, though rather smaller. From the 
Nilgiri and Arnamallay hills I have four males and two 
females, which resemble the Sikkim winter brood. From 
Poona four males and one female, marked Z. ossa by 
Swinhoe, which are like the smallest of the Sikkim 
winter brood, and one female from Indore taken by 
myself in November, which is also very small. The 
shade of blue of these South and Western Indian speci- 
mens is perhaps rather more grey and lighter than in 
the average of Himalayan specimens, and the markings 
of the under side in these and in the winter Sikkim 
brood are less distinct, and the black spots much fainter 
than in the summer brood. 
252. Lycena Theophrastus. 
np piee Ta eat Fabr., Ent. Syst., 1i1., 1, p. 281 
Bass ae Koll., Hugel’s Kash., iv., 2, p. 421 
(1848). 
I have no specimens of this common plains’ insect 
TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1888.—parT I. (ocT.) 2D 
