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spots in the latter series dusky black, paler than those of the 

 discal series ; bordering the white edging to the subterrninal series 

 of spots on the inner side, is another obscure transverse row of 

 dusky spots that are not encircled with white ; lastly, a prominent 

 anticiliary black line. Hind wing : a subbasal transverse series of 

 four spots, an outwardly angulated discal series of eight spots, 

 the posterior two geminate, followed by a strongly curved post- 

 discal series of slender lunules, a subterminal series of smaller 

 spots and an anticiliary slender line, black, each spot is encircled 

 with white ; discocellulars marked by a large, irregular, white spot, 

 that in some specimens is transversely traversed by a short slender 

 black line ; the outer white edging to the middle spots of the 

 discal series is produced irregularly outwards and forms a small 

 patch, and the postdiscal series of lunules is bordered on the 

 outer side by pale cchraceous red. Cilia of both fore and hind 

 wings white, alternated with fuscous brown at the apices of the 

 veins. Antenna black, the shafts ringed with white, head and 

 thorax with bluish-grey pubescence, abdomen dusky black ; 

 beneath : palpi, thorax and abdomen white. . Upperside : 

 uniform dark brown with in certain lights a satiny lustre. Fore 

 wing : the discocellular transverse black spot obscure, seen more 

 by transparency from the underside than marked by actual scaling. 

 Fore and hind wings : cilia prominent, snow-white. Underside : 

 similar to the underside in the d 1 , the ground-colour a shade darker. 

 Antennae, palpi, thorax and abdomen beneath as in the c? ; on the 

 upperside, the head, thorax and abdomen black, clothed more or 

 less with brownish pubescence. 



Exp. <$ 2 34-38 mm. (1-35-1-50"). 



Hob. Kashmir ; Ladakh. 



The next form, L. sarta, Alph., is very closely allied to devanica 

 and is probably only a race of that insect. I have kept it separate 

 because in Indian specimens the differs completely from the $ 

 of devanica. In Central Asia, however, the $ of L. surta is 

 uniform brown on the upperside, like that of L. devanica. 



713. Lycaena sarta, Alpheraky.Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross, xvi, 1881, p. 387, 

 pi. 14, fig. 8. 



(5 . Upperside : dark brown, overlaid on both fore and hind 

 wings from the base outwards with bluish purple, this colour 

 variable in extent but not reaching to the terminal margins in any 

 specimens, and only up to or a little beyond the discs of the wings 

 in very many. In all specimens the immediate base of the wings 

 is suffused more or less prominently with pale blue, which is 

 continued for a short distance down the dorsal margin of the hind 

 wing. Fore and hind wings : an anticiliary dark line and the hind 

 wing in many specimens with a subterminal series of dark spots ; 

 cilia white. Underside : brownish grey. Fore wing : a discocellular 

 and a transverse discal series of black spots, each spot encircled with 

 white ; the latter markings somewhat variable, in some specimens 



