the Species of Cyaniris. 443 



7. Cyaniris melcena. 



Cyaniris mekena, Doherty, J, A. S. B. Iviii. p. 434, pi. xxiii. fig. 13 

 (1889). 



Lower Tenasserim. 



Broad border and dark costa, but no white patch. 



8. Cyaniris alhocceruleus. 



Polyommatus alboccerulens, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 139; not Leech, 

 Butt. China, pi. xxxi. fig. 13 (1893), 



Sikkim and Bhotan. B. M. 



9. Cyaniris transpectus. 



Polyomvmtus transpecttis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 139. 

 Cyaniris Intimargo, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 523, pi. xlviii. 



Sikkim, Tenasserim, Burma. B. M. 



10. Cyaniris puspa. 



Polyommahis puspa, Horsfield, Cat. Lep. E. 1. Co. p. 67 (1828) ; § . De 



Niceville, J. A. S. B. Hi. pi. i. fig. 5 a (1883). 

 Var. c? • Polyommalus lavendularis, Moore, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 



XX. p. 341 (1877). 

 Cyaniris puspa, var. lilacea, Hampson, J. A. S. B. Ivii. p. 356 (1889). 

 Cyaniris crissa, De Niceville, I, c. Ixiii. p. 31, pi. ii. fig. 12 (1895). 



India, Burma, Ceylon, Java. B. M. 



11. Cyaniris plauta. 



Cyaniris plauta, H. H. Driice, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 574, pi. xxxii. figs. 8, 9. 



Borneo. 



Male somewhat like C. puspa, var. crissa ; female much 

 more white. 



12. Cyaniris sonchus. 



Cyaniris sonchus, H. H. Bruce, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 655, pi. xxix. fig. 4. 



Borneo. 



A very broad-bordered form, with no white patches on 

 upper surface and distinctly marked under surface. 



13. Cyaniris timorensisj sp. n. 



(^ . Nearly allied to C. puspa; differing in the much 

 greater width of the black-brown border on upper surface of 

 primaries ; on the under surface the spots of the discal series 

 of primaries are large, but those of secondaries small in 

 proportion. In the type the white patch on the primaries is 



