34:0 Mr. F. Moore on Ceylon Lepidoptera. 



gular discoidal spot ; between this series and a submarginal 

 series of somewhat conical spots is a discal series of indistinct 

 pale dusky oblique spots ; a linear marginal row of narrow in- 

 distinct duskj streaks : hint)? wing with a discal white macu- 

 lated band, a quadrate spot on abdominal margin near the 

 base, and two narrow parallel spots and streak on anterior 

 margin ; a linear row of marginal white streaks. Underside 

 dull ferruginous, with black-bordered white markings as above, 

 and black confluent spots across disk of both wings. 



Exp. 2-^ inches. 



Hah. Cejlon. In coll. F. M. Mackwood. 



Fam. Lycsenidse. 



Lcunp ides lithargyria. 



Male. Upperside greyish silvery-blue, with very narrow 

 marginal black border : hind wing with two triangular spots 

 from anal angle. Cilia white, with dusky mai-ginal inner line. 

 Underside white : fore wing with broad greyish brown spot at 

 end of the cell, a transverse discal maculated band with a con- 

 tiguous spot at upper end, a narrower submarginal band, and 

 very indistinct marginal lunules : hind wing with two promi- 

 nent black costal spots, two greyish brown subbasal spots, a 

 broad spot at end of the cell, a curved discal macular band, a 

 marginal series of lunular spots enclosed by a broad dentate 

 band, the penultimate spot being black and bordered above 

 with ochreous. 



Exp. 1^^ inch. 



Hah. Ceylon. In coll. F. M. Mackwood aftd F. Moore. 



Allied to L. kandarpa^ Horsf. (also from Ceylon), but of an 

 entirely different colour above and beneath, and the markings 

 of underside all much broader. Also allied to L, platissaj 

 H.-S., from Australia. 



Lampides viola. 



Male. Upperside dark violet-blue ; both wings with narrow 

 black marginal Ime. Cilia whitish at the edge. Underside 

 violet-grey ; both wings with six broken very pale narrow 

 delicate whitish bands, the two inner and outer bands on the 

 fore wing short : a small black anal and large subanal spot, 

 speckled with blue and ochreous-bordered. Female smalt- 

 blue in middle of the fore wing : hind wing with indistinct 

 marginal row of pale-bordered black spots. 



Exp. c?T%, ? 1 inch. 



Hah. Ceylon. In coll. F. M. Mackwood and F. Moore. 



