330 LYCJENID.E. 



much as in C. puspa, smaller, more slender ; the transverse discal 

 series of abbreviated lines or elongate spots on the fore wing more 

 regular, the spots more evenly en echelon, the spot nearest the 

 costa small and shifted well inwards. Hind wing : the black 

 subcostal spot in the middle of interspace 7 subequal, not larger 

 than the three subbasal spots ; the posterior discal series of spots 

 bisinuous, none conspicuously larger than the others. Antennae, 

 head, thorax and abdomen fuscous black, the antenna ringed with 

 white, the head and thorax clothed above with long bluish hairs ; 

 beneath : the palpi, thorax and abdomen greyish white. $ . 

 Upperside, fore wing : bluish purple, paler outwardly, in certain 

 lights with a resplendent iridescence ; costa and apex very broadly, 

 termen somewhat more narrowly fuscous black. Hind wing : as 

 in the fore wing iridescent bluish purple but uniform, not paler 

 outwardly ; the costal and terminal margins broadly and evenly 

 fuscous black, this border on the teruien with a series of super- 

 posed bluelunules. Underside: ground-colour and markings as in 

 the c? . Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen similar to those of 

 the <$ but the thorax and abdomen above not so dark. 



Exp. J $ 32-36 mm. (T25-1-40"). 



Hob. The hills of Bengal ; Southern India : the Nilgiri, Anai- 

 malai and Palni Hills ; Ceylon ; the hills of Assam. 



700. Cyaniris lanka, Moore (Polyommatus), A. M. N. II. (4) xx, 



1877, p. 342 ; id. Lep. Ceyl. i", 1881, p. 76, pi. 35, figs. 2, 2a, <$ ; 

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



d". Upperside; uniform purplish-blue; an extremely narrow- 

 bordering of black to the termen of both the fore and hind wings 

 present in a few specimens, absent in most ; also the hind wing 

 is slightly shaded with dusky black along the costa. Underside : 

 shining silvery white. Fore and hind wings with the usual Cyaniris 

 markings but the postdiscal transverse series of abbreviated pale 

 brown lines on the former almost in line one with the other, the 

 whole series placed slightly obliquely on the wing and appreciably 

 curved. On the hind wing the markings are small and regular, 

 the lower discal series of spots bisiuuate. The transverse lunular 

 line beyond the discal markings that is comparatively distinct in 

 most forms, is in this barely indicated on both fore and hind wings. 

 Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen dusky black ; beneath : the 

 palpi, thorax and abdomen snow-white. 5 . Upperside : differs 

 from the J in the ground-colour which is slightly paler and on 

 the fore wing by the very broad costal and terminal blackish - 

 brown border ; on the hind wing by the similar border to the 

 costal margin, the slightly broader 'black anticiliary line and a 

 posterior subterminal series of somewhat indistinct black spots. 

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



Exp. 6 $ 32-35 mm. (1-25-1-38"). 



Sal. Ceylon. 



