318 LYCJENIDJE. 



685. Cyaniris vardhana, Moore (Polyommatus), P. Z. S. 1874, 



p. 572, pi. 06, fig. 6cf; id. 1. c. 1882, p. 244; de N. Butt. Ind. 

 iii, 1890, p. 95. 



c? . Upperside, fore wing : costa, apex and termen very broadly 

 dusky black ; at apex this colour occupies more than a third of 

 the wing in some specimens, and in most is carried narrowly along 

 the dorsal margin to the base ; the remainder of the wing pale 

 iridescent blue ; the discocellulars marked by a jet-black, very 

 prominent, short, posteriorly acute bar. Hind wing : costal margin 

 broadly shaded with dusky black, the rest of the wing pale 

 iridescent blue, the posterior veins black, very prominent. Under- 

 side : pearly-white, the bases of the wings slightly glossed with 

 blue. Tore wing: a short broad line on the discocellulars, three 

 upper discal spots placed obliquely beyond it, the anterior two 

 mere minute dots and a postdiscal inwardly oblique series of 

 three larger spots, all dark brown. Hind wing: uniform with 

 a few minute dark brown spots, of which a basal spot in inter- 

 space 7 and another further outwards in the same interspace are 

 the most conspicuous. Cilia of both fore and hind wings white. 

 Antennae, head and thorax dark brown, the antennae as usual 

 ringed with white ; beneath : the palpi, thorax and abdomen 

 white. $ . Very similar to the J , differs as follows : Upperside, 

 fore wing : the disc white, very faintly irrorated with iridescent 

 blue ; the discocellular bar broader. Hind wing : the dusky- 

 black edging to the costa broader, the dorsuin broadly pale, the 

 blue from base outwards to disc consequently more restricted ; a 

 subterminal very ill-defined series of dusky spots followed by the 

 usual anticiliary black line. Underside : ground-colour similar 

 to that of the male, the markings similar but larger and more 

 prominent. Antennae, head and thorax as in the d" . 



Exp. c? $ 40-42 ram. (1-58-1-66"). 



Hob. North- West Himalayas : Busahir to Naini Tal. 



686. Cyaniris akasa, Horsfield (Polyommatus), Cat. Lei). Mus. E. I. C. 



1828, p. 67, pi. l,figs. 1, la; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. i, 1881, p. 75, 

 pi. 34, fig. 5rf; deN. Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, p. 95. 



cJ . Upperside, fore wing : black ; a medial triangular area that 

 extends from base outwards to the disc white, suffused at base 

 and anteriorly with iridescent blue that 

 spreads upwards on to the black of the 

 costa ; along the dorsum the black ground- 

 colour is much paler, in most specimens 

 diffuse fuscous. Hind wing : white, basal 

 third and costal margin broadly suffused 

 Fi g- 78. tt'ith fuscous, the fuscous at base pos- 



Cyaniris akasa. teriorly overlaid with iridescent blue ; a 



subterminal series of fuscous-black dots 



and a distinct but very slender black anticiliary line. Underside : 

 white very slightly tinged with bluish ; markings all fuscous 



