346 LYCJENIDJE. 



the discal series consists of five spots arranged in an outward 

 curve, in others of six arranged in a transverse bisinuate line ; in 

 nearly all specimens that I have seen the edging of white on the 

 outer side is spread diffusely outwards ; beyond these there are 

 in some specimens a subterminal inner and an outer maculated 

 narrow transverse band, each band edged on the outer side 

 narrowly and somewhat obscurely with white followed by an 

 anticiliary slender black line ; in other specimens the outer dark 

 maculated band becomes a prominent, catenulated, terminal white 

 band, each link centred with a dark spot. Hind wing: a transverse 

 subbasal series of four and a discal series of eight black spots, 

 each spot encircled with white ; the discal series angulated out- 

 wardly on vein 5, its posterior two spots geminate, the outer 

 white edging spread more or less diffusely outwards, generally only 

 in the middle of the series; the discocellular spot is in most 

 specimens large and pure white, in a few it is transversely 

 traversed by a slender, very short, black line ; the terminal 

 markings consist of a curved subterminal series of dark spots 

 edged outwardly with white, inwardly with ochraceous, between 

 which latter and the discal markings is a curved transverse series 

 of dark lunules ; lastly, an anticiliary slender black line as on the 

 fore wing. Antennae black, the shafts ringed with white ; head, 

 thorax and abdomen dark brown clothed with a little purplish- 

 blue pubescence ; beneath : the palpi, thorax and abdomen white, 

 the palpi with a fringe of stiff black hairs mixed with the white. 

 $ . Upperside : costa broadly, terraen decreasingly from apex to 

 tornus dark brown ; rest of the wing dark shining yellow, suffused 

 for about two thirds from base with light brown that leaves a trans- 

 verse broad postdiscal band of the yellow ground-colour prominently 

 apparent, the inner margin of the broad, dark brown, terminal 

 edging van dyked. Hind wing : dark brown ; a subterminal series 

 of yellow, inwardly pointed, large, cone-shaped coalescent spots ; 

 the bases of the spots rest on an auticiliary brown line and bear each 

 a dark brown spot that is very near to and in some specimens 

 anteriorly touches the anticiliary line, the posterior two brown 

 spots geminate. Cilia of both fore and hind wings white alternated 

 with fuscous. Underside: precisely similar to that of the 3 . 

 Antennae as in the J ; head, thorax and abdomen above dark brown 

 without any blue pubescence ; beneath : as in the <S . 



Exp. rf $ 34-37 mm. (1-35-1-46"). 



Hab. Within our limits, Chitral. Described originally from 

 Asiatic Eussia. 



714. Lycaena christophi, Staudinger, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1874, p. 87. 

 Race samudra. 



Polyommatus samudra, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 574, pi. 67, fig-Stf; 

 de N. Butt. 2nd. iii, 1890, p. 78. 



Race samudra, Moore. $ . Upperside: pale lavender-blue. 

 Fore and hind wings: termen somewhat broadly and diffusely 



