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dusky black, the rest of the wing iridescent light blue ; on the 

 costa the lower edge of the black traverses the middle of the cell, 

 on the apex and termen it occupies the outer fourth of the wing. 

 Hind wing : anterior third dusky black, the rest of the wing pale 

 lilacine glossed with iridescent blue in certain lights ; a sub- 

 terminal series of dusky black spots that more or less coalesces 

 with an anticiliary dusky black line and is enclosed on the inner 

 side by a slender similarly-coloured lunular line. The underside, 

 antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in the c? . 



Exp. 6 $ 28-31 mm. (1-12-1-22"). 



Hab. Described originally from Western Java. The late 

 Capt. Watson procured a few specimens in the Taw district in 

 Upper Burma ; six of these are now in the collection of the British 

 Museum. I know of no other record of the occurrence of this 

 form from within our limits. 



098. Cyaniris victoria, Swinlwe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893, p. 293. 



c? . Upperside : silvery grey-blue with a very slight iridescence 

 in certain lights of brighter blue, the discal area of both fore and 

 hind wings paler. Fore wing : apex and termen edged with black 

 which is comparatively broad at apex, about a fifth of the wing, 

 and suddenly decreases posteriorly, at the tornus forming merely 

 an anticiliary line. Hind wing : with a slender anticiliary black 

 line. Cilia of fore wing fuscous, of hind wing whiter. Underside : 

 uniform rather dark grey ; the usual Cyaniris markings indicated 

 only by a few scattered blackish dots. AntennaB, head, thorax 

 and abdomen dark greyish brown ; the antennae ringed with white ; 

 beneath : the palpi, thorax and abdomen paler. 5 . Upperside : 

 similar, slightly more of the iridescent blue gloss about the bases 

 of the wings ; the discal area of both fore and hind wings more 

 broadly paler than in the rf , almost white ; the costa narrowly, 

 the apex and termen very broadly of the fore wing, and the costa 

 and apex of the hind wing blackish brown ; also on the hind wing 

 there is a subterminal somewhat obsolescent series of dark brown 

 spots. Underside : similar to that of the $ but the markings are 

 more clearly defined, especially the postdiscal markings which 

 are composed of abbreviated little brown detached lines placed in 

 a well-marked curve. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as 

 in the c? . 



Exp. J $ 29-33 mm. (1-14-1-32"). 



Hab. Recorded so far only from the Khasi Hills in Assam. 



699. Cyaniris limbata, Moore (Polyommatus), P. Z. S. 1879, p. 139; 

 de N. Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, p. 109. 



c? . Upperside : uniform dark purplish-blue. Fore and hind 

 wings : termen narrowly edged with black ; costal margin of hind 

 wing more broadly fuscous black. Underside : white with a light 

 greyish-blue tint ; markings for the most part pale brown, disposed 



