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markings. Pore wing : the postdiscal series of abbreviated lines 

 or elongate spots pale brown, very regular, placed almost end to 

 end, the series slightly curved and not closer to the termen 

 posteriorly than anteriorly. Hind wing : the markings pale brow n, 

 regular but small, the subbasal transverse series of three spots and 

 the subcostal spot in interspace 7 black, the latter not larger than 

 the others. Both fore and hind wings : with the spots of the 

 subtermiual series very small, mere black dots ; the inner subter- 

 minal series of markings lunular and generally somewhat blurred, 

 the posterior lunules on the fore wing distinctly broadened as in 

 the typical form but not so prominently ; finally, the anticiliary 

 black line very slender and clearly denned. Antennae, head, thorax 

 and abdomen blackish, the antenna? ringed with white, the thorax 

 clothed with purplish-blue pubescence ; beneath : palpi, thorax and 

 abdomen white. $ . Upperside, fore wing : costa and termen very 

 broadly blackish brown ; the remainder of the wing pui'plish blue, 

 paling almost to white towards the anterior, outer portion. Hind 

 wing : costa broadly, termen and dorsurn more narrowly blackish 

 brown, the rest of the wing pale purplish blue, the colour getting 

 still paler on the anterior and outer portion as on the fore wing ; 

 the blackish-brown edging on the terminal margin reduced 

 posteriorly to an anticiliary black line within which there is a 

 transverse series of subterminal black spots enclosed further 

 inwards by an obscure series of dark luuules. Underside : ground- 

 colour and markings as in the J . Antenna, head, thorax and 

 abdomen similar but darker. 



Exp. <j ? 34-38 mm. (1-36-1-50"). 



Hob. Southern India ; Ceylon. 



Genus LYOENA. 



Lycaena, sectn. iii, pt., Fabr. Illig. Mag. vi, 1807, p. 286 ; Herrich- 

 Schuffer, Syst. Bearl. Schmett. Eur. i, 1843, p. iii ; de N. Butt. 

 Ind. iii, 1890, p. 66. 



Type, L. meleager, Hubner, from Europe. 



Range. Palaearctic, Nearctic, Indo-Malayan. 



c? $ . Fore wing : costa slightly arched ; apex acute or blunt, 

 never rounded ; termen convex ; dorsum straight ; cell little more 

 than half length of wing; vein 6 from apex of cell, vein 7 shifted 

 further back towards base of wing, their bases comparatively well 

 separated, vein 5 equidistant at base from bases of 4 and G ; upper 

 discocellular in line with subcostal, middle and lower discocellulars 

 subequal ; vein 8 absent, 9 out of 7, 10 and 11 from apical half of 

 subcostal, 12 at apex bent slightly towards 11. Hind wing : 

 pear-shaped ; costa and dorsum subequal, the former slightly 

 arched towards apex, the latter straight ; termen strongly arched ; 

 cell slightly shorter than half length of wing ; veins 3 and 4 dis- 

 tinctly separated at base, the former from a little before, the 

 latter from lower apex of cell ; vein 7 from apical half of subcostal ; 

 vein 8 strongly arched at base, then straight" to apex running very 



