320 IXCJESIDX. 



base on the dorsal margin succeeded by a transverse series of three 

 conspicuous black spots, with a still more conspicuous rounded 

 similar spot further outwards about the middle of the costa ; a 

 line on the discocellulars, some irregularly placed spots on the 

 disc and postdiscal, subterminal and anticiliary markings as on 

 the fore wing. Cilia of both fore and hind wings bluish white. 

 Antennae black, the shafts ringed with white, club tipped with 

 ochraceous ; head, thorax and abdomen black ; beneath : the palpi, 

 thorax and abdomen white. $ . Upperside : brownish black. Fore 

 and hind wings : the iridescent blue areas as in the <5 but very 

 m uch more restricted : on the hind wing the subterminal curved series 

 of bluish lunules barely indicated by similar markings of a shade 

 paler than the ground-colour ; the deep black spots that margin 

 the lunules on the outer side can only be seen in certain lights. 

 Underside : as in the <S but the markings broader and coarser, all 

 of a rich brown, not fuscous-black or deep black colour. 



Dry-season brood. <$ $ . Closely resemble the <3 $ of the wet- 

 season brood, but on the upperside the pale areas on both fore 

 and hind wings are of greater extent with more of while and less 

 of the iridescent blue ; this bluish-white area is especially extended 

 on the hind wing, encroaching upwards on the dark ground-colour. 

 In some specimens of the males the black on the terminal margin 

 on the hind wing is barely indicated near the apex, but there is 

 a conspicuous subterminal series of black spots and a slender 

 anticiliary black line. Underside : ground-colour and markings 

 similar to those in the wet-season form, but as a rule very slender 

 and trending to obsolescence. In some specimens the markings 

 are often very irregular, some (generally the discal) markings on 

 the fore wing are slender and prominent, while those on the hind 

 wing are slender and subobsolescent. Antenna, head, thorax and 

 abdomen as in the wet-season form. 



Exp. 6 30-35 mm. (1'18-1'36"). 



Hob. Himalayas : Kumaon to Sikhiin at from 4000 to 10,000 

 feet ; the hills of Upper Burma. 



<JS8. Cyaniris inelaena, Doherty, J. A. S. _B. 1889, p. 434, pi. 23, 

 fig. 13 ; de N. Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, p. 97. 



(J . Upperside : deep brown. Fore wing : with the basal half 

 dark blue, dull in certain lights, rich, shining and iridescent in 

 others ; this colour does not reach the costa, apex or termen where 

 the ground-colour forms a broad border to the blue. Hind 

 wing : uniform brown ; in certain lights iridescent blue over the 

 basal third, but the blue does not reach either the costa or the 

 dorsum. Underside ; dull greyish-white. Fore wing : with the 

 following fuscous-brown markings : a short transverse line on the 

 discocellulars ; a postdiscal transverse series of elongate spots or 

 extremely short bars, the posterior three placed slightly en echelon, 

 the one nearest the costa shifted well inwards; beyond this a 

 transverse unbroken line, a subterminal series of small spots and 

 an anticiliary dark line ; costal margin somewhat broadly shaded 



