322 



thence the black continued as a slender anticiliary line to the 

 tornus. Hind wing : white shaded with pale lilacine blue at base 

 and broadly along the costal and dorsal margins ; a slender anti- 

 ciliary black line. Cilia as in the d 1 . Underside : similar to that 

 of the J > all the markings slightei', more delicate, and on the hind 

 wing more irregular. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in 

 the c?. 



Exp. <J $ 33-35 mm. (1-30-1-38"). 



Hab. Himalayas : from Simla to Sikhim, from 2000 to 8000 feet. 



090. Cyaniris transpecta (PI. XIX, fig. 126), Moore (Polyommatus), 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 139 ; de N., J. A. S. B. 1883, p. 70, pi. 1, figs. 

 6, 6 a, d 1 $; id. Butt. 2nd. iii, 1890, p. 99, pi. 20, figs. 170, 171, 



c?$. 



Cyaniris latimargo, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 523, pi. 48, fig. 9, <$ $ ; 

 de N. Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, p. 100. 



<S . Upperside : white. Fore wing : costa narrowly, apex broadly 

 and terminal border black, the inner margin of this colour curved 

 opposite the apex but extended straight down the termen to the 

 dorsal margin, the black border on the termen of even width 

 below vein 4 ; 'the rest of the wing, except a very broad discal 

 anteriorly-rounded area, shaded with lilacine blue. Hind wing : 

 shaded with lilacine blue that fades to diffuse white on an anterior 

 discal area corresponding to the white discal area on the fore wing ; 

 a subterminal series of transverse small spots ' and a slender anti- 

 ciliary line black. In some specimens (var. latimargo) there is a 

 broad black band on the termen which coalesces with and spreads 

 inwards beyond the line of subterminal black spots. Underside : 

 white with a faint bluish tint ; markings slender and delicate. 

 Fore wing : a slender short brown line on the discocellulars ; 

 a postdiscal, very regular, transverse series of abbreviated, slender, 

 short pale brown lines all en echelon with one another, followed 

 by an obscure similarly-coloured lunular line and subterminal 

 series of spots. Hind wing : the three transversely-placed sub- 

 basal spots and the subcostal spot in interspace 7 black, the rest 

 of the markings pale brown, the discal series of spots more regular 

 than in most of the forms ; the terminal markings as on the fore 

 wing. In var. latimargo the markings 

 are much coarser and the terminal series 

 on both fore and hind wings more clearly 

 defined. Antennae, head, thorax and 

 abdomen black, the antennae annulated 

 with white ; beneath : the palpi, thorax 

 -p. " _ g and abdomen white. $ . Upperside : siuii- 



Cyaniris transpecta, $. lar to that of the c? but the white area 

 of much less extent on the fore wing, of 



greater extent on the hind wing, the suffusion of lilacine blue 

 absent on both fore and hind wings ; the terminal markings on 

 the hind wing broader and more clearly defined. Underside: 



