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base extended outwards for about two-tbirds the length of the 

 wing, purplish blue as on the fore wing. This colour not ex- 

 tended anteriorly to the costa or posteriorly to the dorsum. 

 Cilia of both fore and hind wings as in the c? . Underside -. 

 ground-colour and markings similar to those of the <S , but the 

 latter somewhat more clearly and neatly denned ; on the hind 

 wing the irroration of black scales at base and on the posterior 

 half of the wing less extensive. Antennae, head, thorax and 

 abdomen as in the cf . 



Exp. <5 $ 30-32 mm. (1-18-1-26"). 



Hob. So far recorded only from ISikhiin, 6000 feet, and the 

 North Chin Hills, Tipper Burma. 



Genus NIPHANDA. 



Niphanda, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 572 ; de N. Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, 

 p. 131. 



Type, N. tessellata, Moore, from. Penang. 



Range. Indo-Malayan Eegion. 



c? $ . Fore wing : costa very nearly straight, slightly arched 

 towards the apex ; apex blunt but not rounded ; termen convex ; 

 tornus obtuse, dorsum straight ; cell not quite half length of wing ; 

 middle and lower discocellulars vertical, slender; vein 3 from 

 before lower apex of cell, vein 7 from a little before upper apex 

 of cell, vein 8 absent, 9 from middle of 7, 10 and 11 free ; vein 12 

 bent a little downwards towards 11, terminates on costa opposite 

 apex of cell. Hind wing : costa widely and regularly arched, the 

 arch continued evenly to apex and termen which form a strong 

 curve to tornus; tornus obtusely angulated; dorsum concave above 

 tornus, then convex to base : cell remarkably short, not half length 

 of wing : veins 3 and 4 from lower apex of cell ; vein 8 arched at 

 base, ending on costa before apex of wing. Antennae long, over 

 half length of fore wing, club long, gradual ; palpi subporrect, 

 densely clothed with short scales, not fringed with long hairs or 

 bristles, third joint naked, comparatively long; eyes hairy. 



731. Niphanda cymbia, de NiceviUe, J. A. S. E. 1883, p. 76, pi. 9, 

 fijrs. 8, 8 a, J $ ; id. Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, p. 132, frontispiece, 

 figs. 130,131, d 1 2- 

 Niphanda plinioides, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 524, pi. 48, fig. 8 ? . 



Race marcia (PI. XX, fig. 146 <? ). 



Lycsena (Niphanda) marcia, Fmccett, P. Z. S. 1904, p. 139, pi. 9, 

 fig. 7. 



<5 . Upperside : violet with a brilliant effulgence in fresh speci- 

 mens. Fore wing : costa and termen narrowly edged with dark 

 brown, a dark brown transverse short streak also on the disco- 

 cellulars. Hind wing : costa, termen and discocellulars marked 

 as in the fore wing, but the dark brown edging slightly broader, 

 on the termen it is produced obscurely inwards in the posterior 



