382 



b'. Upperside : pale violet with no silvery 



frosted sheen but in some specimens both 



fore and hind wings with white patches. 



b. Underside: tranverse white strigae across 



both wings very narrow, never diffuse and 



very regular 



B. Underside fore wing : basal area marked with 



transverse white strigffi. 



a. Fore wing : apex not conspicuously acute ; 

 hind wing not compressed or prolonged 

 posteriorly. 



a'. Underside fore wing: basal two trans- 

 verse white strigaj not extended to 

 vein 1. 



cr. Underside fore wing : fascia formed by 

 discal two transverse white strigae not 

 extended to vein 1. 



a 3 . Underside fore wing : fascia formed 

 by discal two transverse white 

 strigse interrupted at veins 3 and 6, 

 upper and lower portions of fascia 



shifted inwards 



b 3 . Underside fore wing : fascia formed 

 by discal two transverse white strigfe 

 interrupted at vein 3 only, lower 

 portion of fascki shifted inwards . . 

 b' 2 . Underside fore wing : fascia formed by 

 discal two transverse white strigse ex- 

 tended to vein 1. 

 a 3 . Hind wing: short filamentous tails 



at apex of vein 2 



b y . Hind wing without tails 



b'. Underside fore wing : basal two transverse 

 white strigse extended to vein 1. 



a-. Expanse under 25 mm 



b~. Expanse over 25 mm. 



ft 3 . Underside : transverse white strigae 

 across wings are filled in with dark 

 brown and form prominent bands. . 

 b 3 . Underside : transverse white strigse 

 across wings, each pair narrowly 

 edged inwardly with fuscous but not 

 so as to form prominent bands. 



a~. Upperside brownish purple 



a 1 . Upperside darker brownish purple 



suffused with plumbeous 



b. Fore wing : apex very acute ; hind wing 

 compressed and slightly prolonged pos- 

 teriorly *. 



.A 7 , kerriana, p. 384. 

 N. pavana, p. 385. 



N. bhutea, p. 386. 

 JV. dana, p. 38G. 



N. ancyra, p. 395. 

 N. hampsom, p. 387. 



N. ardates, p. 391. 



A". ca'lestis, p. 393. 



N. atrata, p. 388. 



| N. plumbeomicans, 

 \ p. 389. 



N. hermus, p. 394. 



738. Nacaduba macropb.th.alma, Felder (Lycsena), Verh. zool.-bot. 

 Gcs. Wien, xii, 1862, p. 483 ; id. (Lycaena) Novara Reise, Lep. 

 ii, 1865, p. 275, pi. 34, fig. 35 J ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. i, 1881, p. 89, 

 pi. 37, figs. 4, 4 a, <$ ; de N. Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, p. 143. 



A very variable form both in the shade of the ground-colour 



