AZANUS. 363 



area as in the J . Underside : as in the <$ , but the markings 

 more regular, more evenly and neatly denned, and the white 

 transverse lines on the fore wing carried to the dorsal margin. 

 Cilia, antennae, head, thorax and abdomen similar to those of the 

 cf, the thorax however, devoid of any bluish pubescence on the 

 upperside. 



Exp. <$ $ 21-24 mm. (0-84-0-96"). 



Hab. N.W. Himalayas ; Baluchistan ; the Punjab ; Oudh ; 

 Bengal ; Orissa ; Central, Western and Southern India ; Ceylon ; 

 Upper Burma : Tilin Taw ( Watson). 



726. Azanus uranus, Sutler, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 3t>6, pi. 35, fig. 1 rf ; 

 de N. Butt. Incl. iii, 1890, p. 124. 



d 1 ? . Closely resembles A. ubaldus, Cramer. The J 1 on the 

 upperside has the ground-colour much paler and the terminal 

 edging on both fore and hind wings much narrower, reduced, in 

 fact, to a conspicuous dark brown anticiliary line, while the two 

 dark spots at the tornal area of the hind wing are more or less 

 obsolescent. In the $ on the upperside the ground-colour is also 

 much paler than in the $ of ubaldus, but the suffusion of purplish 

 blue at the base of the wings in the solitary $ specimen that 

 I have seen is spread slightly further outwards than it is in the 

 5 of ubaldus. Underside J $ : ground-colour greyish white ; 

 character and disposition of the markings much as in ubaldus, but 

 faint and not clearly defined, often many of them scarcely trace- 

 able ; the transverse subbasal row of black spots on the hind wing 

 either completely absent or barely visible. The black subcostal 

 spot in interspace 7, though smaller than in ubaldus, seems to be 

 always present, while the tornal black spots seem, to be particu- 

 larly large and prominent in both sexes. 



Exp. J $ 25-28 mm. (1-00-1-10"). 



Hab. Baluchistan ; the Punjab : Karachi ; Oudh ; Kumaon ; 

 Sikhim ; Bengal ; Central and Southern India. 



727. Azanus jesous, Guerin (Polyommatus) in Lef. Voy. Abyss, vi, 

 (1847), p. 383, pi. 11, figs. 3, 4; Trimen (Lycaena), South Afr. 

 Butt, ii, 1887, p. 72. 



Lyceena gamra, Lederer, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, v, 1855, p. 189, 

 pi. 1, fig. 3 rf; de N. (Azanus) Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, p. 125. 



Azanus crameri, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. \, 1881, p. 80, pi. 36, fig. 1. 



c? . Upperside : a paler and much brighter purple than in 

 A. ubaldus, the dark blue tint at the base of the wings more 

 pronounced. Pore wing : without the clothing of specialized 

 hair-like scales so conspicuous in ubaldus. Hind wing : with the 

 dark tornal spots very obscure. Pore and hind wings : with only 

 slender dark anticiliary lines, but no regular brown edging. 

 Underside : dull pale grey. Pore wing : costal margin brown, a 

 black white-encircled spot in cell, a dark chestnut-brown streak 



