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the d 1 , and therefore differ in a similar manner from those of 

 C. puspa $ . Antenna?, head, thorax and abdomen in both sexes 

 as in C. puspa. 



Exp. <? 2 34-39 mm. (1-34-1-52"). 



Hal. Appears to be strictly confined to the hills of Southern 

 India at from 2000 to 6000 feet. 



694. Cyaniris placida, de A T ., J. A. 8. B. 1883. p. 68, pi. 1, fig. 8 <$ ; 



Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 523, pi. 48, fig. 5 J ; de N. Butt. Ind. 

 iii, 1890, p. 103. 



<5 . Upperside : pale violet. Tore wing : a very slender line 

 along the costa, the apex broadly and the termen decreasingly 

 edged with black. In some specimens this edging is very narrow; 

 in others much broader, occupying at the apex a sixth of the wing. 

 Hind wing : with a similar narrow or broad edging to the termen; 

 the costa edged more or less broadly with fuscous black. Under- 

 side : dull sullied white ; the markings small, delicate and irregular, 

 not unlike those on the underside d transpecta, but on the fore 

 wing the series of postdiscal markings is straighter, the elongate 

 spot or short line in interspace 4 less oblique. On the hind 

 wing the discal markings form a strong curve or half loop beyond 

 apex of cell, the subbasal three spots in vertical order, the sub- 

 costal spot in interspace 7 and the spot in interspace 2 of the 

 subterminal series are prominently black. The rest of the mark- 

 ings are similar to those borne by all forms of Cyaniris. ? $ . 

 Upperside : ground-colour paler violet than in the cf > turning to 

 white on the disc of the fore and along the costal margin of the 

 hind wing ; costa, apex and termen of fore wing and apex of hind 

 wing broadly dusky black, this colour narrows posteriorly along 

 the termen of the hind wing and at the tornal area is reduced to 

 a mere anticiliary line. Underside : markings as in the c? . An- 

 tennae, head, thorax and abdomen in both sexes dusky black ; the 

 antennae as usual ringed with white ; beneath : the palpi, thorax 

 and abdomen dull sullied white. 



Exp. J $ 28-35 mm. (1-10-1 -36"). 



Hab. Sikhim ; Assam ; Burma; Tenasserirn; extending to the 

 Malay Peninsula. 



I am not very certain that I have identified the $ correctly. 



695. Cyaniris cyanescens, de N. Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, p. 103, frontis- 



piece, fig. 129 c?. 



c? . Upperside : deep blue. Eore and hind wings : costa, apex 

 and termen somewhat narrowly, but more evenly than in most of 

 the forms in the genus, edged with black ; the edging to the costa 

 of the hind wing broader, slightly diffuse ; the edgings to the 

 termen on both wings narrowed posteriorly. Underside : white. 

 Fore wing : a short transverse line on the discocellulars, a post- 

 discal series of transverse elongate spots or short bars, followed 

 by a transverse connected row of slender lunules and a subterminal 



