342 Mr. F. Moore on Ceylon Lepidoptera. 



Female brighter, but paler blue : fore, wing with the base of 

 the costa and an outer band black : hind wing with black an- 

 terior border and marginal row of prominent pale-bordered black 

 spots. Cilia white, with inner black border. Underside 

 greyish white : fore wing with dusky-black streak at end of 

 the cell, a discal series of oblique spots, and marginal row of 

 small spots enclosed by a dentated line : hind wing with three 

 black subbasal spots, a curved series of seven discal spots, 

 and a marginal row of spots enclosed by a dentate line. 



Exp. cJIti), JlfVinch. 



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



Allied to P. puspa^ Horsf. ; differs from Ceylon specimens 

 above in its uniform colour and absence of the broad black 

 borders. 



Polyommatus lanha. 



Male. Very dark blue. Cilia white, with blackish inner mar- 

 ginal border. Underside white : fore wing with a dusky brown 

 streak at end of the cell, a submarginal transverse linear row 

 of four linear spots, a spot near the costa, and a marginal row 

 of dentate spots : hind wing with two equidistant brown spots 

 on anterior border, a spot within and streak at end of cell, a 

 curved discal series of five spots, two lunate marks on abdo- 

 minal border, and an outer marginal row of dentate spots. 

 Tibiee and tarsi with black bands. Near to P. hasmira. 



Exp. ly\ inch. 



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



Polyommatus singalensis. 

 Feld. Verb. z.-b. Ges. 1868, p. 282. 



Male. Light blue. Cilia white with blackish inner border. 

 Underside white : fore wing with dusky brown streak at end 

 of the cell, asubmarginal series of five slightly-recurved dentate 

 spots, a spot near the costa, and a marginal row of small spots 

 enclosed by an inner row of dentate lunules : hind wing 

 with three subbasal spots, a spot on costa beyond middle, a 

 spot within and streak at end of the cell, a curved discal 

 series of five irregular-shaped spots, a curved streak above 

 anal angle, and marginal row of small spots enclosed by 

 dentate lunules. Tibia3 and tarsi black streaked above. Near 

 to P. kasmira. 



Exp. \^j^ inch. 



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



